Friend, 1876-01

Published by the Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon from 1845 to 1885, The Friend focused on temperance and Christian mission to seamen. It began as a monthly newspaper that included news from both American and English newspapers, and gradually expanded to adding announcements of upcoming events, reprints of sermons, poetry, local news, editorials, ship arrivals and departures and a listing of marriages and deaths. From 1885 through 1887, it was co-edited by the Revs. Cruzan and Oggel. The editorship then passed to Rev. Sereno Bishop, who held the post until the publication of the paper fell under the auspices of the Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association in April of 1902 where it remained until June 1954. Since then, it has continued in a different format under the Hawaii Conference-United Church of Christ up to the present day, making it the oldest existing newspaper in the Pacific. Note that there are some irregularities in the numbering of individual issues, so that two issues may have the same volume and number, but different dates will distinguish them.

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TS STEAMER "CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO,"Tbi:s is a beautiful sea-going craft, combinPAO~ Week of Prayer .••••••••••..•••••••.••••.••••••••••••••. 1 Steamer City of ::,an Francisco .•••.•••••••.•••.••••••••••• 1 ing all those requisites necessary to fit Poetic Possihilitied of the Pacific .•••.••••••••••.••••••• 1-3 1'he Li'1ing Christ and Dead Oracle!! •••..••••••••••••••••. a for passenger and freight carrying across the J\liBs Bird'" Hook on the Islands .•••••••..•••••.••.•••••••. 3 The Webb· line of steamers Uast 1'hy Bread on the Waters .••••••..••••••••••••••••..• ii broad Pacific. llonolulu Sailors' Home •••..••••••• ; ••.•••.••.••••••••• 4, 6 with their cumbrous side-wheels were fitted Marine Journal .••.•••.••••.•••.•••.••••••.••••••••••••.. 6 A Hero's Last Moments .•..•••..•••••••.•••.••••••..•••.. 6 for passengers, and the - English steamers Private Secretary of Vice President Wilson ••••••••••••.••. 6 The World Going to School ............................... 6 were designed for freight; but now we have Y. M. C. A .............................................. 8 really a model steamer combining exactly I those qualities required for the route between '. 'Sydney and San Franc~5co. The accomJANUARY t. 1876. modations and all the "fittings" seemed to NEW YEAR, 1876.-'l'o our ~eaders on land and be in the highest style of naval architecture sea, we most heartily wish-A Happy New Year. and mechanical execution. She has shown We opine that it 1s to be a year of most stirring that speed is also combined with her other events in the political and religious world. Promqualities. It was our privilege in 1849 to inent among the events of a general and worldwide interest will occur the great American Cen- take passage from Honolulu to Oregon, and tennial. So far as our narrow limits will allow, from Oregon to San Francisco, on board the we shall notice top;.::s connected with this grand steamer Massachusetts, the first propeller celebration. Much good we trust will grow out built by Ericson, and the first American of it, to both America and the world. As God steamer in the Pacific ; and we cannot but " has made of one blood all nations of men for to contrast the old Massachusetts of 1849 with dwell on all the face of the earth," why should they not meet and become acquainted? We are the City of San Francisco of 1875. Verconfident it wiil promote good feeling, and we ily there is progress. It is refreshing to hope conduce to the spread of true Christianity. think that hereafter we shall have a line of Let us heartily pray for this 1·esult, and begin by steamers across the Pacific touching at Hoattending upon the meetings of the week of prayer nolulu, which must necessarily answer every in Honolulu, to be .held in the morning at the reasonable wish and expectation of the travBethel and in the evening at the Fort Street eling community and our merchants. SucChurch. We extend a cordial invitation to all cess to the Pacific Mail Steamship CompaI]y. residents, strangers, and seamen. For January 1, 18'76. THE FRIEND THE WEEK oF PRAYER, 1876.-The Evan. gelical Alliance suggests the following topics for meditation and prayer on the successive days of the week: Sunday, Jan. 2, Sermons :-The love of G-od perfected in him who "keepeth His w-0rd." I John, ii:5. Monday, Jan. 3, Thanksgiving and Confession :-A retrospect of the past year. Tuesday, Jan. 4, Prayer for the Church of Christ. Wednesday, Jan. 5, Prayer for families. Thu!sday, Jan. 6 . Prayer for Rulers, Magistrates and Statesmen. Friday, Jan. 7, Prayer for Christian Missions, and for the· conversion of the World to Christ. Saturday, Jan. 8, Prayer for all Nations. Sunday, Jan. 9, Sermons :-The ultimate 'friumph. Psalm, lxxii:17. A Goon WORD FOR HoNoLULU MEcHANrcs.-W e notice in the Gazette of this week, a remark complimentary to the Iron Foundry and the work done at that establishment on the ship Ravenstondale. This reminds us of the remarks of Capt. Whitney, of the Ma1·ianne Nottebohm, now undergoing extensive repairs under the superintendence of Messrs. Sorenson, Tibbets and Emmes. Capt. W., said he never knew ship-carpenter-work done better, or men who worked more faithfully. He thought his expenses would be less than in San Francisco, and the work as well done as in that city or New York. Such facts as these cannot be too extensively known among those having ships disabled in the Pacific. [From the Maile Wreath.] THE POETIC POSSIBILITIES OF THE PACIFIC. The immortality of heroic and poetic deeds and incidents does not depend upon the temporal prosperity of the people or age that gave them birth. The beauty of manly courage and conquest, the divine power of unselfish love, the pathos of life's suffering and pain, as displayed in far off days, still thrill the world; while the poets of our time find their choicest inspiration in lands and scenes of which men have sung and dreamed for three thousand years. Ever loyal to its early " classic founts," the world has, however, found with every advancing phase of history and discovery new themes for song, appearing in form and beneath distant skies, mirrored in unfamiliar seas, yet by their very birthright of poetic beauty claiming a place among the treasures of the race. Not alone were the shores which skirted the hlue waters of the Mediterranean to be the scenes of actions worthy of mention in verse. Even the dwellers there dreamed of a fairer land, nor have their dreams proved false. As has been well said : '' To the imagination of the ancient Greek or Roman, the pillars of Hercules formed the entrance into a dark and mysterious sea ; yet, somewhere in its unknown waters toward the setting of the sun, lay, in his belief, the Fortunate Islands, under a clearer sky and in a happier climate than any known in the world of men." Through the centuries as men have sailed out of these dim portals toward the west they have been ~et by the presence of grander lands, than ever colored the yearning fancy of the Greek; ·not Elysium, but a new world fitted to be the theater of much of the best history of mankind. The poetry of America has but just begun, but its music of freedom fills the earth. Over its border lies the Pacific. Have we found the Fortunate Islands at last? 'l'he mercilessly practical advance of com- THE 2 FRIEND, JANUARY, I 8 7 6. merce and dis~overy i-n our ocean has most ignominiously overthrown many cherished ideals of tropic peacfl nnd b~auty. Tbe dim uncertain ocean-world f:.ir from the noise and bustle •of life, with it:s fabled calm, its "sunny skies,'' where one may_hope- ductio.n of his muse to the criticism of the public." His ,son, who is his biographer, has in his possest>ion the manm~cript and I quotes briefly from it. One scene represents ' the vit>it at midnight of "the priest of Oro, the Tahitian god of- war, to the temple of .. 'l'o lrne the weiiry bre11st that sanguinary deity " .as described by the In floods of beauty-and to be at rest,'' priest himself, a few lines of which may be is burdened, too, with if.s cares and not of interest: f · f d "No human foot barred against the approach O gne an Rwe those of Oro's priest, e'er trod at night pain. The dwellers in the far off isles have Those paths, and widked again; but spirits stood been found to need a more substantial diet Around grettt Oro, waiting; h~mlds flt.>et I The hi~tory of t~1e French tr,o~ble_ is b~ief• ly sketched and with a ':oman s rnd1g~at10n. Th_e "Islan~ Qu~en" IS ever _p~om~nently before the reader 10 a. ':'ay to elicit his s!m• pathy, therngh her p~s1t10~ and surroundings may be somewhat 1deahzed by the poetess . England is dismissed with no very gentle touch: With noiseless step, along the mazy walks than the lotus, and life to be something else Passed to and fro incessant. Mortal sound r h I than a vision of moon ig t among pa ms. While the darkest forces of sin and error and human passion seem to h ave gat here J and warred most fiercely, where God's hand · h Id has 1.ested most ]ovinglY 10 t e outer wor · Broke not the solemn stillness of that hourBut from the lofty trel!ice-wove11 roof Of branching palms, and folrnge deep of grey And venernted trees, whose moss-grown trunksd By meteors transient gleaming shown, appeare E'antastic pillars in the eacred pile; And from the temple's cfl.vcrn's deep and dark, Were her1rd the voices loud ot· low of gods And spirits mingliug. Listening unto these I lay, till half the reign of nigLt was past; When 'ueath the power of sleep by Oro sent I k unconscious." Hence, for those of us who are familiar with the more prosaic side of tropical life, it may be rather difficult to realize that we li~e in anything of an atmosphere of poetic sent . is an interesting fact that Mrs. Ellis, timent. At least the near presence of many who is widely known as the author of sober realities renders us keenly alive to the " Sons of tlie Soil " and " Women of Eng~hadows rather than the lights in the picture land," has made an effort in the same direcwhich might be painted of Pacific scenes tion. In 1846 she published " The Island and characters. 1t is not a~ all true, how• Queen," a poem in nine books, the main ever, that those who dwell face to face with theme of which 1s the seizure of Tahiti by scenes which hav~ become interwoven with . the French and the wrongs of Pomare, the the practical facts of everyday experience, · queen. The act itself is an ineffaceable which have a value mainly as viewed from stain upon French history and diplomacy, a business stand-point, or at best are so not the less so because it was committed familiar as to be unnoticed and unthought against a defencele!!s people and a native ~f,-it is not at all true, we say, that such queen in the Pacific. The light which had persons are the best judges of the poetic pos• dawned upon Tahiti, with the advent of sibilities which may lie enfolded in the Christianity, the exquisite natural beauty of scenes and life about them. Those who this gem of the Southern Ocean, the shamehave found the philosopher's stone of speech, less and unprovoked violence of one of the poets, gather golden themes and inspira- the most powerful nation.s of Europe, the tion where the multitude would see nothing apathy·of England when implored for aid, in contrast with the nobler spirit and purer but the severest prose. Such opportunities there are in the Paci- purpose of a people who stood but on the fie, and we claim that it is waiting only for threshold of a new faith, all seem to have voices, clear and nn1sical enough to sing its inspired the writer to give to the world a history and unsurpassed loveliness, to prove poem, abounding in passages of more than that the old world of poetry was richly the ordinary merit. Speaking of the fear which gainer when this new a~d nnknown ocean is th·e natural outgrowth of heathenism and first flashed upon its discoverers. idolatry, she says: There have been a few attempts in pre• "Fear of the stormy cloud-the dismal night. Of wreck by sea, or war's resistless might, senting Mme of the incidents of Polynesian Fenr of the God himself;history in verse, not very ambitious truly Fear of the power that rides upon the deep, but interestina in their applicability to the That wakes the winds, or lulls the waves to sleep; Fear of the spirit both of death and life;- '"' su bject before us. In a recently published Such is idolatry, ahd on those shores memoir of the Rev. Mr. Ellis, famous as a Where floods of beauty nature freely pours, • missionary to Madagascar and at one time settled on these islands, the fact is stated fi · h d that "he projected and very nearIY ms e an epic poe~ entitled lY-[ahine, the main theme of which was the over.throw of idolatry in the ·Society lsJa~ds." Jt was read by Wordsworth, Montgomery· and Southey, and the author was encouraged by them to pubh . lish it, but he seems, as hJS son says, to ave been "too diffident ever to submit this pro- Those soft green islands of the Southern Sea, Where ,Fancy dreamed that paradise might be; Such was the worship, ever marked by fear, Which breathed its deadly curs~ from year to year, Sweeping its waves of desolation, far As spread the blight, or rolled the tide of war." "With us the shame should rest That o'er the land, and through each British breast There thrilled no deeper feeling nt the cry Of tlrn.t foul wrong-that queen's great agony. Ours is the shame, that proud enlightened men And women too,-nay even Christians-when That cry came o'er· the deep with fei.rful swell, Scarce lent a listening ear, but turned to tell '!'heir sordid gRins, us if a breeze had passed, Or some frail leaf ha.d fluttered in the blast." Our own islands have not been deemed by writE'rs lackini;r in incidents for poetical thought and express·on. The descent of Kapiolani into the er ter of Kilauea, though often described, yet is so peculiarly adapted to fire the Christian poet's imagination Jhat it will outlive in verse the race among whom it occurred. Of the act itself a recent writer says: "It was more :sublime than Elijah's appeal on the soft green slopes of Carmel." A number of years ago an English clergyman published a poem of considerable length fntitled " Kapiolani," and recently there has appeared in an ELJglish magazine another poem on the same theme. The writer of the latter (poem), though relying on his imagination and the brief statements of history and narrative, has handled his subject in a vigorous and striking manner. The life and conquest of Kamehameha I have in them many elements of poetry. Though acting in a limited-sphere he mani• fested a genius and enterprise, an indomitable will worthy of more than mere historic mention. His progress from island to island, the brave and yet vain _efforts of his opponents, their defeat and destruction amid surroundings of unusual grandeur, the imperial determination which fired the chief to universal sway, and the golden age of peace which followed after this turmoil and_strife, possess more than a local interest. A poem written some years since by a gentleman of Honolulu, purporting to ·be an address to Kamehameha I by one of his own race, is well worthy of thoughtful perusal. The closing lines. have a glow and .earnestness which might find an echo in many a heart to-day: In contrast with this notice the effect of the new religion : " Breathe one draught Of thy old vigor forth over the land, And pray for it in thy abiding place, Wherever that may bli; and pray for me That I may govern worthy of my race, Rouse up my people from their baneful trance, And in the appointed time join unabashed My crowned ancestors.'' "Then spread the tidings swift from isle to isle, From many a lip but little used to smile Words of new rapture woke and knees in prayer Were bent, and hymns were in the air, Blending sweet music with the sunny calm Which fell on hearts long tried, with healing balm." To the beauty of our scenery there has been abundant testimony, but none more ·poetically expressed · in prose than Miss Bird's recent book nor more musically in THE FRJENIJ, JANUARY., I S 7 6. verse than a little poem by Stoddard on unto the children of men, of life and hope I 3 Miss Bird's Book on the Islands. Lahaina, beyond the grave, still lives, speaks, inspires Testimonials come from various sources and consoles,-now more and more in the regarding the recent publication o f M'iss light of advancing science; and his spirit Bird. A lady of much reading and cultnre moves with triumphant step along with the ( h' march of progress, so that faith in Christ is thus \Hites us from ). 10 : · . l , an awakening and consoling influence for "My husband finished ' the Bird-bo~ { . h h only last evening. It has been an evenmg 11 t_he hear_t of the phi_losop er h d as we as t e II delight for some weeks his reading. to me. I Some ancient altin-;httle child of our enhg tene age. t call it 'the Bird-book,' for the writer seems Where the dawn st ruggles The skeptic and materialist admit that ! mOl'e bird-like than • woman. She :sings and With night fo1· an hour? l human nature craves and needs the consola- soars in he~ descripti?ns an} floats about 'l'hen bl'eaks like a trop1ca a,1:onocr vour 1sland g·lones, as if she had noBird from its bower." t' r d l h' h ·ts own disap J 11 10n or mercy an ove, w 1c i • bocly to tire or feel pain ! I cannot at a lf we have gleaned anything of interest pointing existence can never supply. And understand bow 8 he could do all or a tenth from what has been said and written, may what ~tory, myth, oracle or so-called sacred part she did, unless her nature as well a s we not in it find prophecies and promises writing has in the slightest degree furnished her name be Bird.'' of a continued poetry for our Ocean? We the idea of such ,consolation to man except This is only one of ma ny favorable comwill not claim for our themes any very ex- the Bible? There was glory and pleasure men ts upon tbe book. We could wish it alted place, only a right to be heard among promised by various oracles to kings, princes was iss ued in a cheap form and generally the melodies of older and more honored and successful men; but nowhere else has circulated. If an edition was printed for tbe nations. For coming from a common the commonalty and mass of mankind fojnd great centennial and offered for sale, we parent-stock in the dim past have these any assurance of a helper here and beyond think many purchasers would be found. It ocean-dwellers found new homes among the . the grave, except in the Story of the Cross. appears to us' that the government has taken •• ~t::: ~t! Wh h t bl ere t e wave um es, ::~\;~:P~es, Under bending palm-branches, Sliding its snow-white Aud swift avalanches;Where shadows falter, Wh eresteam the mist Like that hovers covers countless islands of the Pacific. The myst ery which enshrouds their origin is poetry itself, but he who may yet come to sing their birth must chant too the requiem over r,,ces fast fading before the approach of other and stronger peoples. Lowly and unknown as is their history, we shall yet see more dearly their place in the common brotherhood of our humanity, while these foam-girt isles will ·s till remain to be the scene of some new revelation in the divine and harmonious plan of Him who is God and Father of us all. F · W. D. It is a wonder that this story and its marvelous subject does not arrest and absorb the attention of every thoughtful man, far more than any canto of classic war or legend Runic or Vedic imagination. This story is beyond all literature, being a power in the hearts of men. It is a trumpet-tongued oracle, and at the same time a still small voice which will speak unto the listening ears of man with the quic~ening force of a living potential voice. And so l must continue to wonder that philosophic or thought- a step in the right direct10n in purchasing a few hundred copies of both Whitney's "Hawaiian Guide Book" -and Thrum's "Alrnanae," for gratuitous distribution m Philadelphia. "But what are they among so many_?" What is needed more than all is a volume of popular sketches upon these islands •and Polynesia generally, which could be sold for say one clolla,;·, and depend upon it thousands of copies would pass out into the reading world. Who will undertake the enterprise? Our friend, Mr. Gib5on, we are ful souls shall continue to observe the effect confident, ~ould write just what is needed. and infl1;1ence of this only one and mightiest We wish he would try his pen. The Living Christ and Dead Oracles. of all oracular utterances, and yet not seek for an interpretation of it unto their hearts, HENRY WILSON AND AMASA \VALKER DETo the Editor of the F riend: as they have sought for an interpretation of BATING THE CURRENCY QUESTION IN 1840.Whilst writing to you on the subject of The first public debate between political opan Iliad or a Mahabarata. Hindoo poetry,* and its claim as the sacred ponents in New Engla~d that att!acted ~arAs forged coin proves the value of tbe ticular attention was m 1840 m Natick, writing of a numerous people, 1 was Jed to reflect upon the deadness of all the past ora- genuine, so do false gods prove in the heart Mass . The disputants were the late Amasa of mao the consciousness and need of a true Vv alke~ and Henry Wilson, and their talk cles of the world, except the Spirit of Christ, . was sm a ularly enough, on the currency which is now the only living influence . to One. And as the tru~ cum stands every que~tion,owhicb is no more settled now than lift up the hearts of men, above this planet, t_est, so does the true God respond to every I it was at that day. \¥ alker was strong for to another and a better life. Those imagin- appeal of the intelligent soul. The imagin- 1hard money, and Wils0n advocated a naed gods of India, Knshna, Vishnn and Indra, ation of man in all tbe classic poetry of , tional bank. A great ~rowd of people ca~e G k ff d · d ly a heaven · to hear the debate. which · was conducted m are now mere poetic and patriotic traditions, ree or m oo c~nce1ve on : a decorous manner and without asperity, and are no longer as of old, powers with life and a hereaft~r for pride; but Chnst alone though tbe times were hot with political exand death in the voices of their oracles. has offered u Heaven unto Love, and as l0ve citement. Mr. Walker was then a prom1Confucius is no more than a Chinese classic, is the supreme power of every soul, and the nent merchant in Boston, and Mr. Wilson a and Salivana the foµnder of the philosophic entire sum and object of existence. therefore working shoemaker. 'l'ha_t the former felt fi I a little superior to Mr. Wilson may well be faith of Asia is but a name for an Indian does Christ prove, and they who be iev~ ee believed, but, as the latter had the sympaera. All the g')ds are indeed gone; Jupiter assura nce of the proof, that He alone 1s the thies of the audience in greater measure, he and his classic Olympian company, along true Oracle; and His story and those that was not disposed to claim any decided victowith those bloody imaginations called Ash- bear witness of Him are the only sacred ry in the encounter. The corn_batan~s shook that respond unto tbe needs of hands at the close of the d1scuss10n~ and 0 taroth, Moloch and Baal have been extin- writino·s • W M G formed a friendship which lasted until the guished by the advancing intelligenre and man's existence. · · · death of Mr. Walker. That Mr. Wilson awakened common ·s ense of mankind, even would obtain a lease of a seat in the United as our Hawaiian Lonos and Kanekoas were All true Ch_ristians i:nu~t be like ~oah 's States Senate from .Massachusetts for twen· t a,one , f 11 th ark, that was pitched w1thrn and d without. B ut Ch ns d estroye d o a e • l ty years, and be its presiding officer for f?ur . · ' They must have a holy rn s1 e, an a hoy years, seemed then a s unlikely as anythmg voices, oracles and powers that ever s poke outs ide ; their profe:ssiou and practice mu st one could imagine; but t50 It was.-P1·ovi.,. i-ee Friend, November, 18i 5. a g ree togethe r. dence Star . · I r ·a 4 THE THE FRIEND, FRIEND, JANUARY, 1876. off oue colony to Yedo and some of its members to the north end of this island, about 130 or 40, I believe. 'rhere are now ten Pr-otestant churches among JANUARY 1, 1876. the natives of Japan. The Yedo church numbers about 80. "I have but a few moments in which to write Cast Thy Bread upon the Waters, and Thou now, and you must ~xcuse my haste. I have, -had to Shalt find it after Many Days. !!top in the midst of this letter to hear two Japanese young men, who wish to become ministers of the The following facts afford an apt illustra- gospel, recite a lesson in Greek grammar. They tion of these words of Solomon. In 1854, want to be able to read .'the New Testament in the and they have .made such progress in Engor a quarter of a century ago, the report original, lish and English studies that I have undertaken to having reached the islands that Commodore instruct them in Greek. "To resume the subject of the churches. There Perry's expedition to .1apan was successful, must be as m~ny as 500 members in all the ten the Hawaiiaa. missionary society immediate- churches. A spirit of earnest inquiry respecting Christianity prevails in this and other parts of the ly voted one thousand dollars for a church country. While I was out in the mountains of Hakin Yokohama, and the money was placed in one the last summer, I administered the Lord's supper to nine native Christians who happened to be the treasury of the American Board of Mis- there, and found the people on beyond the mountains sions. As the Board had no mission there, waking up to ask what Christianity is-tired of their old 'idolatry and afraid of Romanism. On the whole, the money was not then used ; but on the I regard this as one of the most promising fields of visit of the U. S. S. P o,wlw.ttan at Hono- missionary effort in the world. The government will not venture again to punish men for becoming Chrislulu in March, 1860, Chaplain Wood made tians. The dil'ector of the government press at Yedo an appeal in behalf of Japan, when the fol- is willing to ,publish the Scriptures as fast as we t•nslate them ! That is a token of liberty. The lowing vote of the society waR passed : native converts are preaching in many places here "Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to and at Yedo, and a month does not pass without ad;write to Dr. Anderson on behalf of this Society, re- ditioos to the churches by confession. Enemies write questing that if the $1,000 remitted by the Tren,surer against Christianity. and yet even this is an evidence of this Society to the 'l'reasurer of the Boarrl, on the that mind is not torpid or indifferent, a fact that is 17th of November, 1854, towards the establishment in itself encouraging. "Please remember me to Dr. Damon, and tell him of !L Mission in Japan, is still unappropriated, aud its appropriation for that purpose is not contemplated that seamen are turning to the Lord frequently at through any agency of the Board, then the 'l'reasurer this port. A good colporteur, partly supported by of the Board be requested to pay the same over to the Seamen's Friend Society and partly by Christians the Rev. Henry Wood, at present Chriplain of the U. here, is faithfully and successfully laboring among S. steamer Powhattan, towards the erection of :i. mis- the ships' crews in port. A temperance hall is opensionary chapel, at such place in Japan as shall be ed for seamen to frequent for board and lodging, deemed expedient by the evangelical missionaries and pretty well patronized by them. A daily prayer located at Yokohama (viz) Mr. Brown and bis asso- meeting is kept up here, and the gospel is preached by missionaries or ministers passing through the ciates." • Years passed · on, and no effectual steps place." and the expenditures, is $;2,532.49. Thi s difference, however, has been made up in the management of the funds that have been in the hands of the Trustees from time to · time, since 1861. It has been their aim to finish the work as soon as it could be done without in~urring a dollar of debt. Ordination of Two Hawaiian Missionaries at Gilbert Islands. Mr. Chamberlain, delegate of the Hawaiian Board, thus \Yrites under date of July 24th, thirty-three days from Honolulu, on board the .lJforning Jitar: "Lano and Kanoho have been ordained to-day; sermon by LeJeo, who is quite up toif not ahead in spirituality and far more eloquent; ordaining prayer by Kanoa; right hand of fellowship by Maka; and charge by • Kapu. These exercises managed entuely by our Hawaiians were most interesting and touching,-the cool church, roughly matted with braided cocoanut leaves, rudely seated , with lauhala framed settees, church members all reasonably clad. We have :a;een more civilization here on Butaritari than in all the islands beside, and there is a greater progress on the. part of the people. After these exercises the communion was dispensed by the two new pastors, ai;;sisted by two deacons (one a brother uf the king), splendid men, clad and in their right minds. Then followed the Sabbath school; the scholars were mostly adults, and recited well. When the general questions were asked, in presence of the mission, they answered clearly and distinctly. The singing· was good. 1 have We clip the following paragraphs from no doubt God has a people here. I believe were taken by the friends of mission$ for a church among the· inhabitants of Japan, the Japan Gazette, as alluding to the new the Holy Spirit has been present m every church building : meeting. J feel there i& great reason for which called for this money, so careful]y The next contribution received Wai:;; from hope, trust, courage and confidence. In kept until needed. the Hon. R. H. Pruyn, the successor of Mr. some islands the feather-g.,,ds are being abanMrs. Armstrong has placed at our disposa] Harris as Minister of the United States at doned, and there is a demand for the Holy a letter, recently received from the Rev. Dr. Yedo. On his departure for home, he left Scriptures. Twice the number received from Brown, which explains in a most satisfactory \jith me five hundred dollars to be appro- Honolulu could have been distributed." priated to the building of the church. Sub• Mr. Chamberlain refers in his correspondmanner the expenditure of the one thousand sequently, a donation of $50 was received ence to a brutal murder committed by a dollars. Under date of October 26th, 1875, . from seamen on board H. B. M.'s ship pagan on an Englishman by the name of he thus writes : Ocean. " I send you by this miiil steamer a copy of the The Rev. C. H. H. Wolff contributed St. John Keyse, whose sisters (say the Rev. Japan Gazette of the 24th July last, which contains $15.77, which he received from Japanese Mr. Taylor and Capt. Randolph) are marnn account of the dedication of our new mission pupils, in tuition fees. $559 were contribried to a dean, a bishop, and an army colonel church, for the erection of which the _people, or a portion of the people of the Sandwich Islands, gave uted by the Rev. J. H. Ballagh, the same in England. He adds: "We shall probathe fit-st $1,000. I wish you would so dispose of being the pay he received as a teacher in that newspaper that those people or their sutv1vors Takashimaya's school for three months. Be- bly get up the facts for the British Commismay see and know that at last a fine substantial brick sides the above donations, all of which were sioner in Honolulu." church, with stone trimmings around the openings, tind stained glass windows presented by T. C. Dore- frea and unsolicited, Mr. Ba1lagh received mus, Esq., of New York, has been built, and that from friends in America, during his visit Twenty-First Annual Report of the Honothis place of worship is now used every Lord's day there in 1868-9, the sum of $2,373.83 in U. lulu Sailors' Home Society. by a native church and congregation, at 9 o'clock S. currency. The total of these various conOur Sai]ors' Home has been opeµ to visita . m. and 4 p. m.; in the morning for preaching, and in the afternoon for a Sunday school. The paper trihutions amounted to $5,445.4S in gold, ors and boarders during another year. The not including the cost of the stained g]ass will show you whence the balance of the funds necessary for the erection of the church was received. I window§, which 1s unknown to me. In ad- executive committee can report that the inwant the good people who first showed their desire dition to these donations, a lady of Yoko- stitution stands forth with a character estabto have a place of worship for the living God, to hama has given to the church a communion lished, having successfu11y passed through know that though fourteen or fifteen years have ,elapsed since they moved, in this matter, their effort table and table linen 1 and a ]ady in Albany, the period of infancy and youth, and now has not failed; but the end is accomplished in the New York, has presented to the native -erection of the largest and finest church edifice in church a handsome communion service. has attained its majority. During this long this country. There is nothing to compare wit.hit The whole amount expended on the church period of twenty-one years, its usefulness io architectural beauty and solidity of structure. AH the seats in it are made of a handsome wood bui]ding and the Sunday school room attach- has never been q u~stioned, and its success called Keaki, a species of elm, the timbers having ed ·to it is about $7,977.97. The final set- has far surpassed the sanguine expectation heen taken from old dihipidated Buddhist temples. tlement with the builder having not yet been 1:'hes heathenism contributed to the house of God. made, it is impossible to give the exact cost of its founders. We have perhaps had fewer A congt·~gation of 150 or so regularly meets there for difficulties to encounter and overcome than worship. The church of Yokohama, called e,imply of the whole. The difference between the money receipts the friends of such institutions are r.alled to t he Chu.ch of Christ, numbers now, after sending TH Ii~ FRIEND, encounter in other and larger sea-ports. Reports come to us from Europe and America, that sailors' homes are sustained, but not without many severe tria]s and difficulties which demand• a strong faith and much benevolence on the part of the friends of such institutions. We are now, as we have been in former years, peculiarly _fortunate in securing the services of efficient and trustworthy managers. Mr. and Mrs. Dunscombe have most faithfully and successfully discharged their duties during the past year. We have not only heard no complaints, but many expressions of commendation from boarders and visitors at the Home. With the funds derived from rent and the concert of Philip Phillips, the executive committee were enabled to paint the building thoroughly and make other necessary repairs, and without incurring any debt or calling upon the public for additional aid. The report of the treasurer will show that the financial condition of the society is good, or at least we have no debt to retard our progr~ss. Mr. Dunscombe reports that 8 captarns, 22 officers, 55 seamen, and 200 men-of-wars-men have been lodged and boarded at the Home, besides numerous transient travelers and strangers. As a society we feel under special obligation to the Y. M. C. A. for sustainmg their excellent reading room, which is becoming more and more a place of resort for seamen, strangers and residents. It could not be discontinued without serious inconvenience and injury to the public. Our society can enter uptm its labors for another year fully confident of continued useS. C. DAMON, fulness. Chafrrnan Executive Oornmittee. SAILQRs' H0111E.-The annual meeting of the Sailors' Home AssociCtion was held at the depository of the Home on Monday, Dec. 27th, at 11 a. m. The Treasurer stated a balance of $1 81 to be on hand; after all liabilities are paid. The following gentlemen were elected ns Trustees for the coming thre'e years: Hon. S. N. Castle, Mr. J. H. Paty, Mr. F. A. Schaefer, Hon. S. G. WHder, Mr. H. L. Sheldon, Mr. G. H. Dole. The report of the Executive Committee commended the management of the Home, by Mr. and Mrs. Dunscombe, and gave a satisfactory and hopeful account of the condition and usefulness cJ the Sailors' Home, speaking also in high terms of the assistance rendered by the Young Men's Christian Association and the benefit derived from the Reading Room by strangers and residenh1. The following is the Treasurer's report : Cash on hand at date of last report .••.••••.•••••••• $ 8 66 Received from proceeds of concerts given by Philip 98 75 Phillips ...................................... .. 5 00 Donation by E.T. O'Hallorau, E8q ............... .. From rent of corner office .••••••-•.•••••••••••••••••• 100 00 Tot.ai avails ..... , ••.•• 1., ................. ,$ 212 41 There ':tas been paid E. Dunscombe sundry accounts . • • .. • • .. .. .. .. .. • .. • • .. .. • .. • .. $:28 71 To Dillingham & Co., bill of piiints.. ........ 85 39 To Chas. Smith, painting the Home......... 96 50 ·--$210 60 Leaving a halanceof.......... ....... •• $ 1 81 In the hands of your Treasurer, a small balance, but quite sati11factory in view of the fact that the built.ling has been thoroughly painted on the outside, and the cost of same fully paid without a call for subscriptions'. Respectfully submitted, CHAS . R. BISHOP, Treasurer, By Johu H. Paty. Honolulu, Dec. 27, 1875. - Gazelir.. JANUARY, I 8 7 6. 1\!lAllINE JOURNAL. PORT OF HOl\TOLUI,tJ 1 S. I. .ARRIVALS. Dec. 3-Brit bk Aglaia, McMurtry, 169 days from Liverpool 4-Am ·bk W ll Bessie, Frost, 34 days from Portland. 9-Am·schr C M Ward, Lambert, 26 dys fm Guano Is 10-Am bk Buena Vista, Lolgrin, 49 dys fin Port Gamble 11-Am schr Bonanza, Brown, :.n days fm S Francisco 12-P M Coss Yasco de Gama, Rice, :n days fm Sydney 16-Am bk Clara Bell, P L' Shepherd, 21 days from San Francisco. 16-Haw wh bk Desmond, Smith, from Arctic, with 550 wh, 600 wal, 9000 bone, 5000 ivory. 17-Haw brig Pomare, Hatfield, 36 days from Bolabola. 17-Brit stmr Mikado, Moore, 7 days and 17 hours from San Francisco. 18-P M Co ss City of San Francisco, Lachlan, 7 days and 11 hours from ban Francisco. 18-Am bk DC Murray, Fuller, 18 days fm S Franci5co 20-Haw brig Giovanni Apiani, Dority, 26 days from Tahiti. . 29-Am schr Panonia, l{ustel, 17 days from Humboldt. DEPARTURES. Dec. • <I-Haw brig Wm H Allen, Chave, for Tahiti. 4-H B M S Peterel, Captain Cookson, for Tahiti. 6-U S S Tuscarora, Commander J N Miller, cral11e. ll-Am bk W H Bessie, Frost, for Hongkong, 6-Tahitian bk Ionia, Lovegrove, for Tahiti. 7-Am bk :Mattie Macleay, Walter, for Portia 8-Am schr Fanny, Worth, for San Francisco. 9-Am ship Syren, Newell, for New Bedford, Mass. 9-Am wh bk Cornelius Howland, Homan, to cruise. 9-Am wh hk James Allen, Keenan, to cruise. 10-Am wh bk Java 2d, Fisher, to cruise. 11-German bark Ceder, Rohlfs, for Corinto, Nicaragua 12-P M Coss Vasco de Gama, Rice, for San Francisco 13-Am bk H W Almy, Freeman, for San Francisco. 18-Brit stmr Mikado, Moore, for the Colonies. 18-P M Co ss City of San Francisco, Lachlan, for Auckland and Rydney. IS-Brit bk Aglaia, McMnrtry, for Portland. 22-Am bk Buena Vista, Hardies, for Port Gamble. 22-Am wh bark Triton, Heppingstone, for N Bedford. 23-Am schr Bonanza, Brown, for San Francisco. 23-Am ship Emerald, Lofgrin, for Port Gamble. 31-Haw brig l'omare, English, for Tahiti, 5 of I.Julwarks, sprung- jibboom, started ship aleak In upper ~orks. From thence to lat 28 had strong S E winds, and from thence to port light and variable winds and calms. Ha,; 1,150 bbls oil, 10,000 lbs bone, 7,000 JI.is ivory, and 1 cask furs. REPORT OF ss MIKADO, MoonE, COMMANDEn.-Weighld anchor at San Francisco at 12.12 a m on the 10th Dec, discharging pilot at 1 a m, and shortly alterwardos had to stop the engines for fully two hours to repair machinery. and finally ma?e a fair start at 3 a m. Duriog the night of the lath, the mam yard was carried away in the slings, thus rendering the square sails on the m?.in mast perfectly useless for the rest of the pasRage. Weather on the whole fine, wind southerly south• erly. No NE trades. R.Y GRAHAM, Purser. REPORT OF 88 CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, l M LACHLAN, COMMANDER.-LP.Jt San Francisco December 10th, at 1 o'clock pm. Experienced moderate weather till Wednesday, the 15th, then had strong head winds and heavy ~qualls. also vivid lightning; thence to port moderate easterlv and SE wind!!. Friday the 17th, at noon, passed a bark sup.posed to be the D U Murray. Arrived at Honolulu December 18th, at 3 30 am. REPORT OF BARK DC MURRAY, A FULLER, MASTER.Left San Francisco N.ov 30th, at 11 am, in tow of Sol Thomas. First three days out weather very unsettled. with plenty rain and fresh winds from S with very heavy SW sea. The next five days fine weather and with light winds from N and workin,r to the E. Next seven days wind moderate between E and SE with fine weather and occasional ra.in squalls, and then it hauled to SW light and barHing. Dec 17th, at noon, was passed by a steamer supposed to be the City of San Francisco bound the same way. PASSENGERS, Fon BnEMEN-Per RC Wylie, Nov 27th-T Q Weber. Fon TAHITI-Per W H Allen, Dec 4th-Ed Wilkies, Mr Ahkim. · Foa PonTLAND-Per Mattie Macl~ay, Dec 6th-A K Ph!Jbrook and wife, .J H Connerley. FROM Gu ANO IsuNDs-Per CM Ward, Dec 9th-Capt R Briggs and wife, and 21 natives. Fnon1 i;;AN FnANc1sco-Per Bonanza, Dec llth-C P Shll• laber, T Butter. FnoM AUSTRALIA-Per Vasco de Gama, Dec 12th-Rev J H Etheridge, and 39 in transilu for San Franciijco. Ji'on SAN FnANCisco--Per Vasco de Gama, Dec 12th-Mrs C F Mills, Miias H Raymond, E S 'fibby, Capt Bairnson, Mrs E Smith, W G Poole, Major Geo W Macfarlane, Mrs ~acfarlane, Mrs Farewell, D Manson, Mrs Wells and 4 children, J!' Ellis, W J!' Gillem, .I Carley, F Eastwood, and I Cllinaman. Fon SAN FRANCISCO-Per H W Almy, Dec 13th-JC Temple. FnoM SAN FnANc1sco-Per Clara Bell, Dec 16th-ll Ha• waiian seamen. FROM BonABORA-Per Pomare, Dec 17th-I Chinaman. MEMORANDA. FROM SAN FRANCisco-Per Mikado, Dec·17t1i-Mrs Stoddard, Mrs Makee and child, G Davies, J W Girvin, F Ellwood, CoLLISION.-A letter received here dated London, Nov 15, TU Reech, A McF Davis, Il McGrew, 13 in the steerage, and says: •• The Ha,v bk Ka l\loi, Capt Haltermann, left Bremen 141 for the Colonies. for Honolulu Nov 1st, During the night of the 9th, when off' FnoM SAN FRANc1sco-Per City of San Francisco, Dec 18th Beachy Head, she came into collision with the ship Superb, -Misses C and M Richards, Miss A .J Allister, Miss SH BurUapt Low, of and from London for l'ort Phillip. The latter hans, W W Hall, R Schmidt, A W Lester, R ,J Sl\ipley, Chas put &c·k to the Downs and anchored, with mizzen royal m1111t West, Mrs Leadbetter and infant, Mrs Carson, Mts Beas, Paul carried away and other damage, while Ka Moi Jost her bow- Maury, I A Collins, H Thompson. sprit, &c, and prdc'eeded for the river (Deal) in tow. Two of FROM SAN Fn.ANc1sco-Per D C Murray, Dec 18th-'1on the crew of ;Ka Moi jumped on b'>ard the Superb during the RP Spalding and wife, Mrs Tucker, Miss S Cli.!Dpfierl, R l\l collision and temained. . FRANCIS llIRGIUM, Fuller, H Werlitz, J W Kirkley, T W Davis, W Franzen, Wm REPORT OF SCHOONER O M WARD, W LAMBERT, M,AsTER, Gertz. -Left Honolulu October 13th, and anived at ,Jarvis Island Foa SYDNEY-Pei· City of San Francisco, Det 18th-Thoe on the 26i1L Left Jarvis Nov 3d and arrived at Enderbury Island on the 8th. Left there next day for Baker's Island, ar- Dunham. FROM TAHITI-Per Giovanni Apiani, Dec 20ih-Capt J C riving on tli'e 11th. Nov 12th sailed for Howland's Island, arriving on the 13th. Left there for Honolulu same day. Has Cook, Jno Best, Chas Boyle, Thos Boyle. had llght ,vinds t11e erlt'il'e trip. Arrived in Honolulu Dec 9th. Foa SAN FnANc1sco-Per Bonanza, Dec 23d-B L Boley, -The·c M Ward reports: Sailed from Jarvit1 Island Sept E M O'Sullivan. 3'0; ship Mount Washington, 1600 tons guano; Nov 2, bark Ja'iawar, 834 tons. MAR.RIED. From Enderbury Island, Oct 6, ship Lady Blessington, 1500 fons. Prom Baker's Island, Oct 2, bark Emma C Beal, 750 tons· MASON -BOLS'l'ER.-At St. David';, Chttrch. Sydpey, N. s. REPORT OF 88 VASCO DE GutA,J FRICE,COMMANDER,- W., Sept. 30th, by the Rev. J. D. Langley, A6En, tl'iird son or 1,eft Sydney Nov 19th at 8 pm, and arrived at Auckland on the late Mr. Charles Maso'n, of Queensland, t'o Miss ISABELLA, the 24th at 10 a m-4 day11 and 14 hours, said to be the quick- oldest daughter of Mr. Alexander Bolster, formerly of Honoest passage ever made from Sydney to Auckland. Left Auck- lulu, and grand-daughter of Mr. A. S. Bols"fer, of this city. land Nov 25th at 1 pm for Kanda.vu, and arrived there on the AH Foo-KAAPUOLE-ln this city, 0-ecember 14th, hy Rev. 29th at 8 p m. . Received passengers and freight from SS Cy- s. C. Damon, JOSEPH AH Foo, a Chi'naman, fo LOKE KAAPU• phrenes and left Nov 30th at 530 p III for Honolulu. Pa'Ssed OLE, both of Honolulu. the Island of Savai (Samoan group) Dec 2d at 9 a m, and ar-GREEN-CLOUSTON-In this city, December 20th, at the rived at Honolulu Dec 11th at 11.30 pm. re@idence of Capt Dabcock, by ltev SC Damon, Mr FREDEREPORT OF BARK CLARA BELL, PP SHEPHERD, MA'STER. RICK MARTIN GREEN to Mis!! ANNIE CLOUSTON, both of Ho-Left 'San Francisco on Thursday, Nov 25th, with light wind nolulu. from the W which lasted 24 hours, then hauled to the SE and S with rain, suddenly hauling to NW and very liglit for another 24 hours; then calm, and wind from SSW -very strongDIED. with heavy cross sea. For the next six days did not make any progress toward the islands. The!! the wind hauled to thi: THOMPSCN-i'n Paris, France, at the convent of-·the Sisters NW, round to N & NE and E, and settled in the SE,and very of Hope, November 9t'h', of cancer in the stomach, MARIA light until sighting Hawaii on Sunday, Dec 12th, 80 miles d1s-- TERES~ TH0~1pso~t, of San Francisco and lately of Honolulu, tant. Have had light uaffling winds until arrival; have been aged 54 years. five days around these island:,;. BtcKERTON-I'n tl)is city, Dec'emfl'e r 8th, after an illness of REPORT OF BRIG POMARE, J ff HATFIELD, MASTER.-Left Borabora Nov 14th with wind light from NNW and rain. a few hours; MARY MADOLINE CoLLEOE, the beloved wife of Mr. R. F. Biekerton, Jr., aged 26 years,3 months and 11 day11. On the 22d in lat 11 ° 20' S long 149 ° 30' W encountered strong 1J:? English and Ad'stralian papers please copy. gale from NNW with heavy squalls and rain, which lasted 36 CRO\VNll'\G13URG'-At Makawao, Maui, December l'ith, the hours, thence to equator which w01 crossed Dec 3d iu long 148 ° 35' W with light winds from NNE. Dec 12th south end infant daugl'rter of David and Emtna Crowningburg, .iged 1 of Hawaii bore NW, thence to port had calms and light west- year and' 6 n'rnnths. erly winds. REPOR'r OF HAW WH 81{ DESMOND, SMITH, MASTER1.eft Berald Island Oet 9, had heavy N E gales down to BherI 11fo1•111n tion W nntefl respecting Mr.JAMES NORing Straits, which pasbed through Oct 18, and went into Plover TON, (colored) who sailed from New Bedford Nov. 19, 1863. Bay on the 19th. Left on the 31st and pas8ed through Fox The lasf. t.ime heard from, he was in Honolulu. He is between Islands Nov. ti. About the middle of November, near lat 46 N, 82 and 33 years of age; is nearly six feet high; has gray eyes , long 170 W, encountered a heavy l\J E gale, which lasted ninfl brown hair, and is of a stout build. He ha1; propertJ left him days._ Shipped some he~vy seas, stove two boats, lost a part by his mother, who is dead. I 6 '1' H A Hero's Last Moments. SOME PARTICULARS OF THE DEATH OF COMMODORE GOODENOUGH. The circumstances of the treacherous killing of Commodore Goodenough of the British navy, and two of his officers, by savages of tbe Solomon Islands with poisoned arrows, were contained in our columns at the time of the occurrence. Of his last moments the London corre~pondent of the Pittsburg Gazette thus writes: We have just received particulars, and while they make us mourn that sucb a man should have been lot:!t to the world, they are a refreshing contrast to the sickenin~ catalogueis of blunders and accidents and crimeei of which we usually read. lt seems that the Commodore was one of those grand men, such as Havelock, Pattison and belwyn, who seem to be created to render faith rn the early Christian lieroes easier for us m these degenerate days. Every one loved him, and his secretary, .Mr. Peny, like a second Queen Eleanor, sucked the poisoned wound, although he had a sore mouth at the time, in hopes ot extracting the poh,on. For this he has received the rank of Paymaster in the royal navy. One of the officers of the Commodore's ship, in a private letter, has recounted i,ome particulars of the good man's last hours, that I have copied here, at the risk of i,eeming tedious: "Everything was wonderfully calm yesterday, and all on board the ship quiet; but for the noise of the engines. 8hortly before 4 o'clock these were stopped, and the Commodore sent for all the offieeri, to bid good-by to thew. He apoke calmly of' his apprnacbmg death, and begged them to remember his earnest advice to them to trust in the infinite love and wisdom of God, and to find happiness in doing that which they knew to be right, and abstaining from evil. He then bade each one good-bye, each one kissing him at bis request. He then, although much too weak to stand, and although every movement gave him pain, had himself carried out on to the quarter-deck, where all hands assembled to meet Lim. He was laid on a bed on the deck, his first words to the men being,'' Don't look frightened-i,mile." When laid down, he said, "If the men will sit down. * * * 1 can see their faces. * * * i want to see all your facec1 to bid you good-bye." Then, after a considerable pause, he called out, he being almost the only man not in tears: " .My men, * * * 1 have come out on to the quarter-deck to say good-bye to you * *. * because I am going to die. Dr. Mesi::er tells me I am going to die, and, as we all know, he is the best judge. God is very good to me; everything is made eaisy to me: I have many kind, faithful friend!'! around me. 'l'he reason why I have come out on the quarter-deck to bid you good-bye before I die, besides good fellowship, is to impress upon you the love and goodness of God for yon, bis infinite love, his infinite wisdom." He repeated this more than once about the goodness and love of God. He then adjured the men to remember these, his last words, when tempted to commit sin, that they would think of him and what he was saying to them, and put the temptntion from them. His voice grew weak a8 he said, "I love you all. I have always loved my men. There is a foolish weakneiss in my voice ·which makes it sound as if 1 wais crymg. ·But I am not crying, and I want you all to hear me. I hope you all can hear what I say to you." He went on to address the commander as a young man advanced to command, and begged of him and all others who were in any way leaders to nevet· hesitate in their daily hie to step forward and isay, '' This is right," or "This is wrong:' " Will you do this'! It will be very kind of you if you will. " * * * ,;. * As fu1· the poor fellows who gave me this wound, F' R l E N D , J A N U A It Y , I 8 76. what their reason, their object was, I don't know; no one knows. They may have been injured by some other ship, at sume time; we don't know. It's no good talkin~ about it. I hope at some future time, it may be twenty or thirty years hence, some good Cbnstian man will go among them, and find out what in all means. I love you all. I have always loved yon all, but in carrying on duty we sometimes make mistakes ; and if any of you think of anytbin~ where 1 have been wrong I want you to forgive me. Don't ask how much I was wrong, how much you were wrong, but just forgive me." He asked them to join in saying, God bless biin, and then said he would like to shake hands with the petty officers, nearly all middle-aged men, who came to him sobbing. I don't kno'.'v how it is with other people, but to me such a death as that seems worth living for. 1'be man that could die that way must have won his way in the world honestly. I don't believe that he had many dealings with rings and t!orners, bribeti and embezzlements. He was not modern enouih for that. of a recurrence of another attack. There are about twenty chapters more to be written of the book, and I ~o not expect much more help from him." Some two years ag Mr. Hunt writing, respecting their joint labors, pays the following tribute to Mr. Wilson's acquaintance with American history : " There are some departments of the work, on which we a re engaged, in which }Jr. Wilson is peerless, at least I have never met his equal. In eventuality and the personnel of American history l don't think he is often surpassed. What occurred and when, who lived and where, and what he said, or did, are points on which he is wonderfully posted. But when you come to the philosophy of history, its lessons, &c., he is not particularly stror1g." The Private Secretary of Vice President Wilson. The World Going to School. The Great Exhibitions and Expositions at The sele2tion of Mr. Wilson's biographer is yet to be considered, but in regard to London, Paris and Vienna, held during the the completion and carrying th.rough the last quarter of the century, have been schools press of the third and last volume of his for educating the world. In our estima" History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave tion, their usefulness and importance cannot Power in America," left nearly completed, it is expected that it will be attended to by be over-valued. The inhabitants of remote Rev. Samuel Hunt, a lifelong friend and as- lands are thereby brought together and sociate, his former pastor, for seven years, become acquainted with each other in a his private secretary, and who, more than manner that could not otherwise take place. all others, has assisted him in the preparation The forthcoming Centennial in America is of the work." another vast .movement on a gigantic scalet We clip the above item from a late copy in the same direction. Everything which of the Jrlassachusetts Spy. It is exceednations or individuals can do, ought to be ingly gratifying to notice this most just- and done to render'it a grand success. We are modest tribute to the Rev·. Samuel Hunt, glad to learn that Prof. Alexander, with his Mr. Wilson's private secretary. It is well associates in the office the Surveyor known that this gentleman has long been General, is preparing a good map of the assisting on the important historical work Islands. Depend upon it, persons beholding which bears on its title page only the name that map will need a good compendium of of Mr. Wilson. Mr. Hunt is a gentleman our Island History and Resources. We of fine scholarship-a graduate of Amherst hope the Government Commissioners will College and Princton Theological Seminary, not only provide the Hawaiian Department where we became acquainted with him, as a with a· good supply of Whitney's Guide fellow student, in 1837-8. He was Mr. Book, and Thrum's Almanac, but someWilson's pastor for several years in Natick, where there should be a stall where every and subsequently Pastor of the Congregabook published relating to the Islands may tional Church in Franklin, Mass., where be offered for sale-inclu-ding Jarves' Hisformerly preached the celebrated Divine Dr. tory, Anderson's Hawaiian Missions, AnEmmons. Mr. Hunt's literary attainments, drews' Dictionary, Miss Bird's Book,-and logical mind and rare ability to sift historisomebody ought to be ready, who wields a cal evidence have peculiarly htted him to pliant and nimble pen, to prepare sketches for assist in a work of this nature. We are the papers; editors in the United States will gratified to learn, from a letter recently rebe only too glad to publish well written articles ceived from him, that only twenty chapters relating to the Islands. We hope Professor remain unfinished. He is peculiarly qualiAlexander and his Assistant, C. J. Lyons, fied to complete the work. Under date of Esq., will not allow their pens to remain Oct. 3d, only a few days after, Mr. Wilson idle. The world is going to school, and presided over and addressed the Republican will read, now supply that demand. Convention in W orcester,-Mr. Hunt thus writes us: . A person wh.o objects to tell a friend of "The Republican State Convention met his faults, because he has faults of his ownt at Worcester last week. Mr. Wil:son is not acts as a surgeon would who should refuse well, he has been a good deal imprudent to dress another person's wound because he of late, and I live iu constant arprehension had a dangerous one him self. o! I S 7 (L JANUARY, '1' H E FRIE.ND, ADVER TIS:EM.El\TTS. Places of Worship, SEAMEN 1S BETHEL--Rev. S. C. Damon, Chaplain, -w • G • 1 It ,v I N & 7 SAILORS' C O •• King street, near the Sailors: Home. Preaching Commission JJferchants, at 11 A. M. Seats free. Sabbath School before the Plantation and Insurance Agents, Honolulu, JI. 1. mornini:r service. Praier meeting 0;1 w~doesday evenin~s at 7½ o'clock. Noon-day prayer meeting LE'\,VERS &, DICKSON. evPry day from ha.If-past 12 to 1. FORT STREET CHuRcu--Rev. W. Frear. Pastor, Dealers in Lumber and Building Materials, corner of Fort aud Beretania stref'ts. Preaching Fort Street, Honolulu, H. I. on Sundays at 11 A. M. and 7½ P. M. Sabbath School at 10 A. M. H O F F M _\.. N N, M • D . , KAWAIAHAO OHURCH--Re,•. H. H. Parker. Pastor. King street. above the Palac<~. Services.in HaPhysician and Surgeon, waiian every Snnd~y at 9½ A. M. and 3 i,. M. Corner Merchant a Pd Kaahum:>nu Streets, near the Post Office Ro:.\fA~ CATHOLIC CHURUH--Under th1~ charge of Rt. Rev. Bishop Maigret, assisted by Rev. Father n R E ,v E R. & c o .. Hermann ; Fort street. near Beretauia. Services every Sunday ttt 10 A. M. and 2 P. M. Commission and Shipping Merchants, KAUMAKAPILI CJ-JURCH--Rev. M. Kuaea·, Pastor, Honolulu, Oatiu, H. I. Beretaoia street. near Nuuanu. Services in Hawaiian every Sunday at 10 A. M. and 2½ P. M. Tm: ANOLWAN CHUIUJH--Bisbop. the Rt. Rev. AlP. ADAMS. fred Willis. D. D.; Clergy. Rev. Rob't Dunn, M.A., .IJ.uction and Commission Merchant, Rev. Alex. l\Iackintosb, St. Andrew's 'l'emporary Catbedral, Beretauia street, opposite tlic HotPI. Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson's Building, Queen Street. English services on S1tndays at 6~ and 11 A. ~i., and 2½ and 7~ P. ir. Sunday School ut tbe Clergy MOTT S. M ITH, House at 10 A.. M. HOME! E. C. E. DR· C D. N. FIAl'.l'NEK, ONTINUES HIS OLD BUSINESS lN THE 1fIR.l<J-Pli.OOF JJuildiog, Kaahuwaou Street. CHRONOMETERS rate,1 by ()bservations of the sun and stars with a transit insti·umeni accurately adjusted to the meridian of lionolulu. Particiilar attention given to Fine Watch Repairing ~extant and quadrant glasses silvered and adjusted. Charts and nautical instruments constantly on hand and for sale. fel JOHN J. Q. MERRILL. M'ORAKHN. J. C. ~IERIULL & Co., Commission Merchants and Auctioneers 204 and 206 California Street, San F r a n c i s c o . ALSO. AGENTS OF THE San Francisco and Honolulu Packets. Particular attention b.ven to the sale and purchase of merchandise, ships' business, supplying whaleships, negotiating exchange, &c. ·D "' All freight arriving at Sa.a Francisco, by or to the Honolulu Line of Packets. will be forwarded FREE OF 00.MMISSION. ID" Exchange on Honolulu bought and sold . .£l] J O H N L H~~B THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL? S. M c G RE \,V, M . U S ate Surgeon • • Army, D., $G 5 Shower Baths on the Premises. ED. DUNSCOMBE. Manage,·. Honlnlu, January 1, 1875. Carriage Making and '!'rimming ! I WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM YOU THAT I now employ the best Mechanics in the line of Carriage ]Jtfaking, Carriage and General Blacksmithing, Painting. Repairing, &c., Can be consulted at his residence on Hotel street, between Alakea and Fort streets. On the Hawaiian Group ; and it is a well established fact that oar Carriage '!'rimming, hy Mr. R. Whitman, is as well execated as any in New York City or Wagon and Carriage Builder, elsewhere. I therefore feel warranted in saying that 74 and 76 King Street, Honolulu. we can manufacture as good a class of work in Ho{tr Island orders p1omptly executed at lowest rates nolulu as can be found in any part of the world. I will also state here that we fully intend to work at ALLEN & CHILLING,VORTH, the lowest possible rates. G. WEST. G• ,VEST, Kawaihae, Hawaii, Will continue the General Merchandise and Shipping busi• ness at the above port, where thl'y are prepared to furnish the justly celebrated Kawaihae Potatoes, and such other recruits as are required by wbaleship~, at the shortest notice, and on the most reasonable terms. ID'" Fh•ewood 011 Hand . .aJ A• ,v. PIERCE & CO •• (Succesors to lJ. L. Richards & Co.) Ship Chandlers and General Commission Mer chants, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. -REFERENOKS- Messrs. A.. W. Peiree & Co •••••••••••••••••••••••• Honolulu " H. Hackfeld & Co........................ " C. Brewer & Co •••••••••••••••••••••••••• Bishop & Co .•••.•••••••••••••••••••••••• Dr . .1:1.. W. Wood .••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• E. H. Allen ••••••••.•••••••••••••••• ,.. 1 ly Dentist, Having resumed practice, can be found at his rooms over E SLrehz & Co.'s Drug Store, corner of Fort and Hotel sts. Officers 1 '!'able, with lodging, per week, Seamen's do. do. do. Agents Pnnloa Salt Wo1·ks, Brand's Bomb Lances, And Perry Davi"'' Pain Killer. 'rHOS. G. THRUl'tl'S STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, No. 19 Merchant Street, • P • • Honolulu. ACKAGES OF READING MATTER-OF Papers and Magazines, back numbers-put up to order at educed rates for parties going to sea. ly M. DICKSON, Photographer, 61 Fort Street, Honolnln, ,& Bl LW A YS ON HAND A CHOICE ASSORT• MENT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC STOCK, A Large Collection of Beautiful Views of Hawaiian Scenery, &c., &c. CURIOSITY HUNTERS will find at this establishment a SPLENDID COLLECTION OF Volcanic Spechuenl!I, Cora18, Shell•• Implement•, Ferns, Mats, Kapa111, And a Great Variety of other Hawaiian and JJ1icronesian Curiosities. PICTURE FRAMES A SPECIALITY! jal 1874 CASTLE & COOKE, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS. GENERAL MERCHANDISE -A.GENTS OF- DILLINGHAM & CO., Nos. 95 a.nd 97 King Street, KEEP A FINE ASSORTMENT OF 1 ..,_,HE PROPRIF.TOR WILL SPARE NO pains to make this EL~GrA.JST.T 0 TEX.. First-Class in Every Particular ! ROOMS CAN BE HAD BY THE NIGHT OR WEEK! with or without board. HALL A.ND LARGE ROOMS TO LET FOR 996 PU.BLIC MEETINGS, OR SOCIETIES, ly Goods Suitable for Trade. SHIP MASTERS VISITING THIS PORT Packets, New England Mutual Lif? Insurance Company, T The Union Marine Insurance Company, San Franclaco, HE REGULA.R PORTLAND LINE OF The Kohala Sugar Company, 'fhe Haiku Sugar Company. The Hawaiian Suga.r Mill, W. H. Bailey, The Hamakua Sugar Company, The Waiaiua Sugar Plantation, The Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, Dr. Jayne & Sons Celebrated FamilY, Medicines. tf " THE FRIEND," during the last Six Years can testify from personal experience that the undersigned keep the best assortment of MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO Sea~en, Marine and General Intelligenee. A Temperance, GOODSFORTRADE SAMUEL C. DAMON. And Sell Cheaper than any other Bouse in the Kingdom. DILLINGHAM & CO. . PUBLISHED AND EDITED DY TERMS: One Copy per annum ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• $2.00 Two Copies per annum •••••••.••••••• , •••••••••••••••• 3.00 Foreigu Subscribers, including postage ....... , ......... 2,50 f oung ltmts ®gristi~n ~ssotiation of Jonolulu. Pure religion and undefiled before God, the .F'ather, is this: To vfait the jatherless and widows in the'.ir ajfiiction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world. ============:-:== Edited by aConnnittBB of thB Y, M, C, A. Christmas Hymn of the Olden. Time. BY JOHN TAULER, A GERMAN, WHO DIED 1361. THERE COMES A GALLEY LADEN. There comes ti galley laden, A hea;ellly freight on board; It bears God's Son, the Saviour, The great Undying Word. And proudly floats that galley, From troubled coast to coast ; Its sail is love and mercy; Its mast, the Holy Ghost. Now earth bath caught the anchor, The ship hath touched the strand; God's Word, in fleshly garment,The Son,-steps out on land. Thou Bethlehem the lowly Receiv'st Him in thy stall; Thou giv'st Him rest and shelter, Who comes to save us all. Oh ! haste, my brothers, quickly To kiss this little Child, Who dies a glorious Martyr For souls with sin defiled. the temptation. Keep busy; idleness is the strength of bad . habit:::. Do not give up the struggle when you have broken your resolution once, twice, a thousand times. That only shows how much need there is for you to strive. When you have broken your resolution, just think the matter over, and endeavor to understand why it is you failed, s~ that you may be on your guard against S. C. D. a recurrence of the same circumstances. Do not think it is an easy thing that you have OtJR NEw ATTORNEY GENERAL.-It is undt'>"taken. It is folly to expect to break pleasant to think of welooming to one of off ·a: habit in a day which may have been the ~jghest offices of the Government, and gathering strength in you for years. to Honolulu Society, W. R. Castle, Esq., a HINT TO PASSENGERS FOR THE EASTERN former member of the Y. M. C. A., and a STATES AND EBROPE.-They will find it native of our Islands. •We have not forgotmuch to their pecuniary advantage and conten his earnest labors in the temperance venience, to purchase through tickets of the cause, and every other good Christian work. P. M. 8. S. Co.'s agents iii Honolulu. Five years of professional legal study and Nearly 20 per cent. will be deducted, and an practice, amid the sharp conflicts of Ameri~ extra weight of baggage allowed. Different can Society and American minds, must have railroad routes may be chosen after reaching well qualified him for the important position Omaha, an'd almost any line (!f steamers on which he is called to occupy. His welcome the A tlautic. well understood the " pulse'' of the nation. All honor to his memory, and the nation which can bring forth from the ranks of the people such noble speci~ens of humanity and Christianity. Remember, young men, that Mr. ·Wilson was a strictly moral and temperate man, and more than all was not ashamed of the "Cross of Christ." will be cordial, but from none more so, than g'" The facts now published relating to the the members of the Y. M. C. A. of Hono- progress of the gospel in Japan, are most aptly lulu, with whom he was formerly associated. illustrative of the ideas set forth in another colAnd he who dies with Jesus, umn under the heading. "A Living Christ and With Jesus he shall rise, SrT iVlooN.-Our Chinese Colporteur has Dead Oracles." The old heathen " oracles " of And love eternal waft him returned from his trip to Hilo, where he has Japan are dying, if not already dead, while a With Christ beyond the skies. " living Christ " is now presented. been laboring for several weeks among his countrymen. He has held meetings at Hilo; The Ninety and Nine. Death of Vice-President Wilson, and visited the plantations in the neighborVarious accounts of the origin and authorNot only has the nation lost one of its no- hood. He reports having met some two ship of the hymn with the ~.bove title, sung blest and purest statesmen and public officers, hundred of his countrymen, and distributed by Mr. Sankey have been g1ven. The folbut the Young Jl/en of America have lost tracts and Bibles among them. Several lowing is given by Mr. Sankey. 8ome time in 1873, Mr. Sankey being one of their best counsellors and advisers. have offered themselves as candidates for Mr. Wilson has always been recognized as Christian ·Baptism. Religious services on then ~n England with Mr. Moody for the one who cherished a warm, loving and Sabbath evenings have been resumed at the first time, bought a copy of the Oliristian Age, a London religious paper publishing abiding sympathy towards young men, and Bethel, and during the week Sit Moon is Dr. Talmage's sermons, and in one corner especially those who, like himself, were call- laboring among the Chinese in Honolulu and found this hymn. He had never seen or ed in early life to struggle with poverty and its vicinity. ~eard of tit.before. It pleased him, and seemed adapted to religious work. He cut the " hard things" of humble life. In adU In the Spiceland Reporter, published it out of the paper, and three days afterward dressing young men (and Y. M. C. A.), frehe sung it at a meeting in Free Assembly in Indiana, we nnd a very touching obituary quently has he made allusions to his own Hall in Edinburgh, having composed the struggles, in order to inspire hope and ambi- notice of Miss Mary E. Torbert, who went music himself. A short time after, he retion in their hearts. Wealth, social sur- to America for her education, and had en- ceived a letter from a lady thanking him for roundings and learning smiled not upon his tered Earldham College, under President having sung the hymn, and stating that the author was her sister, Miss Eliza C. Clapathway in early life, but most manfully he Moore, but was compelled to return to the phane of Melrose, Scotland. She had writbreasted the adverse waves· until he could Islands on accou~t of ill health, and died ten the hymn in 1868 and shortly after died. raise his head proudly amof!g the intellectual respected and beloved at Waialua, Oahu. She and her whole family were members of magnates of the nation and the world. His The length of the '' obituary 11 prevents its the Church of Scotland. Mr. Sankey replied to the lady's letter, asking if her sister name, like that of Lincoln, was not " born publication in our columns. had ever written any other hymns, and was to die." · It was the privilege of the writer told that she had written several others How to Break off Bad Habits. to have become acquainted with the lamentwhich were sent to the Family Treasury, Under5tand the reason, and -all the rea- a religious paper of which the late Dr. Ared statesman in the autumn of 1840, when he first commenced lecturing in Natick and sons, why the habit is injurious. Study the not was the editor, but only "The Ninety the surrounding towns; hence we have fol, subject till there is no lingering doubt in and Nine" was ever published. Mr. Sankey communicated with him, and received lowed his successive steps of advancement your mind. Avoid the places, persons and several pieces of manuscript. .The only with mingled emotions of wonder and admi- thoughts that lead to the temptation. Fre- othe~ hymn by the same author in Mr. Sanrat10n·. No man, remarks a writer in the quent the places, associate with the persons, key's collection is the 43d : ".Beneath the N. Y. Herald, since the days of Jackson, so indulge the thoughts that lead away from Cross of Jesus.,i