Friend Supplement, 1878-06

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.

e"'~~~ ® ls- ® ® ~'U HONOLULU, JUNE I, 1878, LETTER FROM EUROPE. A BIRD'S·EYE VIEW OF THE GERl\IAN R.EICHSTAG OR PARLIAMENT, BY F. W. DAMON, In the midst of the courtly festivities came an event of a rather different nature, but rendered all the more striking per~aps by its contrast to the former, namely, a speech from the German Chancellor, Prince Bismarck, in reference to the "Eastern Question." I think I had looked forward to this opportunity of hearing "the Great Prussian" with as much, if not more, anticipation than to any of the Court entertaipments on the programme of the week. Bismarck is so unique a figure in the history of modern times, and is such a political Colossus that I should have felt to have seen Germany without seeing Bismarck, would have been like seeing the play of " Hamlet" with Hamlet left out. Th.is \\Vas the occasion of the Chancellor's ;first appearance officially in Berlin, since his withdraw.al on furlough to Varzin, hence -.every <me WftS eager to hear him; an eagerness intens.i:fi-ed by the importance of the ·subject of debate, in reference to which he was eKpecte.d to say words, big with meanfog and suggestior:i to all Europe at this criti,ca:l time. Henee., !long before the opening of :the ,clay's sessi(J.R -the iSeats in the gallery r.e:Served for .spectators were filled. Armed with my ticket I threaded the intricacies of the •b uildfog, in whtdb. the Reichstag holds its sittings on Leipsegerstrasse. Having made the fortunate mistake of coming an ,h our too ,ea,r ly, I had .ample time to study tthe faces ,of s·ome 0f the members before Bisma·rck arrived. The~, Hall of the Im3>eriai Diet" is not especially imposing, haviing ·b een .c onstructed rapidly in 1871. The .Asse.mb!y 1'-0om is surr.o unded by galleries with ample accommodation for spectators. The seats of the members are arranged in :semi-circular rows, facing the tribune; on both sides of the President's seat are the ing a book, thus symbolizing the military and seats of the Members of the "Bundesrath." the intellectual tendencies of the German The different political paJties, of which people. The Germania of future artistic there are a number of shades in the "Diet," creations, however, must be represented with sit together in the House. Gradually the symbols fitted · to suggest the power of seats in the galleries are filled. People are statesmanship as well as arms or knowledge studying plans of the House, to see where in the upbuilding of the Empire. But I particular members are seated. Now and have kept you too long from a few hasty then a door on the floor opens and some sketches l had intended. to make for you. j member arrives; little knots gather about For the personal facts in reference to a few of ' some desk; here some one is writing unhin- the German politicians· I am indebted to a dered. What fine faces you see now and most interesting and ably-written book, by then, there is an easy, pleasant, contented Mr. Herbert Tuttle, entitled "German Leadlook on perhaps the majority. One cannot ers." Jn one of the foremost steats you will but envy the Germans this quiet, unruffled notice a gentleman whom it is worth your manner; this almost childlike content and while to carefully regard, good humor, which seems to characterize many of them; this flavor of brotherliness marking their meetings and conversation, and which. is perfectly consistent, with earnest effort, stern resolve and vigorous perseverance. Almost before you are aware of it, the seats of the members are filled-few empty to-day. While we are waiting let us take a glance at a few of the faces below us. Carlyle says somewhere in his essays on " Heroes and Hero-worship," "One comfort is that great men, taken up in any way, are profitable company." Hence it may be of interest to know a little something of the personality of some of the foremost men in German affairs .. Of course Bismarck at present overshadows every one else, but as time goes by, it is seen that men are arising here in Germany of marked personality, and whose names are beginning to be widely known in connection with the "early Constitutfoa-struggles" of the Empire. German parliamentarism is, it may be fairly said, still in its infancy, the first German Imperial Parliament, or" Deutcher Reischstag" having been opened by the Emperor on the 21st .of March, 1871. Kaulbach in one of his grand mural paintings in the "Old Museum "-0f Berlin represents Germania as a superb, heroic female figure in armor, bear- HERR RUDOLPH VON BENNIGSEN, One of t~e most prominent men of the country. This is the best time to speak of him, for he will soon be on his feet, fronting Bismarck and then there will be other matters to claim our attention. So rapid and dramatic have been the changes in German affairs within the last twenty years that the world has scarcely had time to study the different forces and men at work behind the scenes. Bennigsen should now, in the quiet and repose which has followed, be assigned the position which he rightfully earned in the struggle for German unity. He was the founder of the" Deutsche National Verein," or German National Union, which held to .. ward the struggle for German unity, the same relation as the "Concord minute-men " to the American revolution-it was the zealous and patriotic levy of hasty forces, which, with the introduction of order nncl method, gracefully accepted the duty of discipline an.cl subordination to authorized leaders. It was an unofficial but not illegal association. While a timid Kipg of Prussia refused to place himself at the head of the popular cause, and become the center of that unity for which the Fatherland was striving, the National Verein, a voluntary association of patriotic and liberal men, qrganizecJ 1' H E Ii~ R I E N D , J U N E \ I 8 7 8 . 42 public :spirit and kept a live the hopes of the country So long as there was no governmental control of the popular efforts, this Ve1·ein acted as leader; when the state assumed the lead, the Verein retired. When this Verein was dissolved in 1866, it numbered thirty thousand members. As a Hanverian, Henn1gsen endeavored to save his country from taking the steps which ult,mately led to its overthrow. In 1870 and 1871 he was oceupied with most important missions to the South German states and the camp at Versailles. He is a man of large resources and appears to good advantage on the floor. ln 1873 he was selected as President of the Prussian House of Deputies, a position which he still occupies. He is a member of the "National Liberal" party which is "now the most powerful of all the parliamentary and political factions in Germany ,and is practically,though not avowedly, the Government party." Though it is never wise to count too positively on a man's future, yet it would not be strange if Bennigsen's name should yet become still more prominent in German history, after the great presence of Bismarck has passed away. He is a gentleman between fifty and sixty years of age, with a quiet, courteous, polished bearing; a personal friend of Prince Bismarc.k, by whom he is heard with a marked but somewhat patronizing respect. Not far from Bennigsen sits a far different sort of man, brows and a peculiar protuberant upper lip, so that, as the phrase goes, his beauty cannot oppress him. But even here the French proverb prevails: • C'est sa laideur qui fait sa beaute'-it is his uglrness which makes his beauty-for a certain spiritual expression lends a singular charm to a physiognomy so little marked by beauty, especially when in the course of debate the app'.H entl y composed, but realy active, face becomes animated. Then the little brown eyes sparkle, the lifeless lines expand, and an ironical, mocking smile plays along the overhanging lip. Suddenly he interrupts the Speaker and shouts a sarca:stic remark into the assembly, which commonly causes merriment, but ·sometimes angry murmurs.'' And here from another: '• The Hanoverian leader is not a man to whom nature supplies the conditions of a positive faith; he is 'der geist der stets verneint," or the spirit of negation. Windthorst is perhaps the · model Philistine of German politics. Like a soldier of fortune, he roams over the whole world of politics, and grapples with the foe wherever and whenever he meets him." But ncft to weary you with the personal descriptions, let me pass quickly to one more gentleman in one of the front rows of the House, and then it will be time for the opening of the debate. One of the most interesting characters to me among the parliamentary leaders of Germany is that of HERR wrnDTHORST, HEAD OF THE ULTRAil'.ION- Lasker represents a type of man and statesman more frequently met with, perhaps, in the New World than the Old; a man of the people; one who with no aristocratic lineage to help him upwards has by his steady effort, his fearlessness, his undoubted genius, and ability made for himself a conspicuous place JD German public life. He is a Jew, and an adherent to the faith of his fathers. He was originally a barrister; passed several years of hi:s early professional life in England, and then returned to Berlin and for twelve years " filled the hu~ble, unsalaried post of assessor at the Berlin Municipal Court, and retired after the experience that there was no opening in the judiciary for him." But smce entering political life, he has steadily moved his way upwards, so that Mr. Tuttle speaks eloquently of him, "as a legislator of splendid and su:stained abilities, -the example of a patriot who is a statesman from a sense of duty, of a citizen above reproach ;-the first of German debaters." Of him further we read, " Higginson has said that an essay of Emerson is like a string of pearls, because the sentences may be told off, one by one, eacl1 complete in itself. The same description may be applied to the articulation of Lasker. The words drop from his tongue, dear and sharp, like the ticking of a rapid pendulum; and he has a habit of accumulating speed as he moves through a sentence till the end, when he lets his voice drop plumply on the last word, and begins again It 1s somewhat mechanical, and even monotonous, but very effective in debate. His fluency is of that perfect kind, which is not sim.ply command of words, but which never wants for sentences or thoughts. His speeches sound like perpetual perorations. One expects that each sentence is the culmination." Lasker has TANE FACTION. It would seem as if the new Pope, Leo XIIl, was desirous, if possible, to bring about a reconciliation between the Roman Catholic Church and the German Government. Certainly this would be a politic move on his part, and might in some degree soothe the bitterness of that conflict which Bismarck has waged against Ultramontauism in the Empire. Whatever turn affairs may take in the future, it will be impossible to obliterate the remembrance of past parliamentary battles in which the Chancellor has found Herr Windthorst such a keen and bitter antagonist, who for reasons which he best knows has espoused the cause of the Ultrarnontanes, in behalf of whom he uses his merciless sarcasm and invective. As you see his little form, his inert manner, you would find 1t difficult to imagine that so much fierce fire lay dormant within him. Whatever awe there may attach to the person of the Chancellor, this adroit, keen little man seems in no way intimidated by it. It must be a curious sight to watch Bismarck and his opponent in a passAge at arms, the one of such tremendous physique, the other so dimrnutive--one '' dealing giant blows," the other thrusting with a •• French rapier." Here is a sharply drawn '' study" of the exlV1 inister of State of Hanover. It is by Mc1x Ring. evidently no lover of the "subject" which he is sketching, and must hence be taken with some caution: '' If we turn now toward the Centre, our attention is immediatelv drawn to one of the most interesting anl best known characters of the £eichstag Directly opposite the President's -chair, in the. front row, buried in thought, sits a plump little man with bald head, shorts ighted_, eyes half . hid under the arched EDWARD LASKER. been a vigorous assailant of fraud and swindles, and has brought to light some things, the discovery of which was far from pleasant for the perpetrators of the same. He is the most undaunted kind of a man, cringing before no position however high, and pushing his searching investigations into the charmed circle of nobility. He is the natural and accepted leader of the National Liberals. I could mention many more names; but for this time these few representative men must suffice. There are many and various elements in the Diet, and a wise and judicious management will be necessary in the future in guiding the ship of state through troubled seas. I notice with pleasure that the seats occupied by that most dangerous and combustible- element, calling itself " Social Democracy," are few in number, and I trust this will continue to be the case. Certain recent public demonstrations of this unruly element in Berlin suggest, however, the thought tbat it may yet prove rather a difficult thing to handle. .But I must hasten in closing, to speak of the foremost figure in German Statesmanship and Diplomacy, PRINCE OTTO VON BISMARCK, THE l111PERIAL CHANCELLOR, There is a remark of Burke's to this effect: "Great men are the guide-posts and land-marks ·of the State." Perhaps no man of our day is more entitled to be numbered in such a list than Bismarck, whose slightest words emanating from his home in the W ilhelmstrass4'l in Berlin, or from his resting place in the country, Varzin, are regarded as deep oracular utterances by the civilized world. It would be interesting to speak here soqiewhat at length of this remarkable man, but my limits will scarcely permit of this. Undoubtedly there have been many things in Bismarck's career which are open to criticism, if not censure, and which his future biographers will display in their most truthful light, when, in coming years, they shall write of him, seeing him with clearer vision than is now possible, so surrounded is he, by that indefinable but real defense of greatness and success and power. Yet living here in the midst of a people, over whom he rules with a sway which is second only to that of their Imperial head, and feeling the reality and power of his tremendous individuality, it is impossible not to feel something, yes, very much, of "hero-\vorship" springing up in one's estimate of him, and I do not deny that l am somewhat addicted to this. I shall count among my '' red letter days'' that in which I saw and heard him and felt that pardonable and natural thrill and pleasure at being near one who had by force of ,vill, superior genius, and untiring effort won his way to the uplands of success and renown. Bismarck owes much to circumstances, but he has had the rare ability to make them suit his own ends-he has been their king and not their slave. He is of old and aristocratic family. He is the personal and valued friend of one of the first military sov~ ereigns of Europe, and has had the good fortune to live, it is true, in stormy times, but in times so full of magrnficent possibilities that he who ~ould grasp them must of necessity become great. Th is he has 'l' II E ~- It I E N D , done, so that, waves which would have engulfed· some men, have been the billows which have borne him upward and onward. He was born in 1815, and passed a quiet youth, going in 1832 to the University of Go ingen, where he became "a species of college champion-the best boxer and fencer, drinker and rider. Of his studies it is enough to say that oge professor declares he never saw him at his lectures;'' a statement of which Prince Bismarck cannot now be especially proud. Very interesting in connection with his University life is a letter of his, recently published, in which he speaks of :some Americans, fellow-students with him at Gottingen, in 1832, "John Lothrop Motley, Mitchell C. King, and Amory Coffin." The years foHowing his U niversity life present numerous but not especially marked features. He attended some lectures in Berlin ; entered on the profession of a German advocate; spent several years quietly on the family estates in Pomerania. ln 1847 he was elected to the United Diet. In this same year he was married to a lady who is still livinf!, the Princess Bismarck. 'l'hey have two sons and ·a daughter, one of the most interesting ladies in appearance in the Court society of . Berlin. The death of her betrothed, some years since, was a sad loss to her. It is· interesting; in r.onnection with the lives of great men, to think that so many of them when they leave the arena of public strife and party feud undergo a most pleasing metamorphosis, and Bismarck, in many respects, is a happy illustration of this rule. His palace-home on the Wilhelmstrasse is well known for its generous hospitality, and those who are so happy as to meet the great statesman when he drops the perplexing and intricate questions of statecraft, find him the most genial and agreeable of hosts. In this connection, it may be of interest to some to read this extract from a letter written a number of years ago to his wife, and which has in some way come before the public. It is pleasant to see that the man who coins such ringing, epigramatic phrases as the following, " The battles of this generation are to be fought out with iro·n and blood!" is capable also of saying far different things : '' The day before yesterday I went to W eisbaden and looked with a mixture of sadness and premature wisdom at the scenes of my former follies. If only it would please God to fill up with clear, strong \Vine the vessel in which at twenty-one the muddy champagne of youth frothed up to so little purpose ! * * How many of those with whom I feasted and drank and gambled are now under ground! What changes my views of life have undergone in the fourteen years that have elapsed since that time, each in its turn seeming to me the correct one; how much that I then thought great, now appears small ; how mnch now seems honorable which I then despised ! How much fresh foliage may still grow out of our inner man, giving shade, rustling in the wind, becoming worthless and faded, before another fourteen years are passed ; before 1865, if only we live so long! l cannot imagine how a man who thinks at all about himself, and yet refuses to hear anything about God, can endure life without weariness and abhorrence." Bismarck began ear1y tu take an intere::;t JUNE , I 8 7 8 • in the public questions of the day in Prussia. He served as Ambassador both in St. Pete~sburg and Paris, and in 1862 became Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the service of the present Emperor of Germany, then King of Prussia. The many 'and exciting phases of public life in wh1ch Bismarck has since figured are too well known to need repetition. Their merits or demerits we have no time to discuss here, and opinions vary widely in reference to the same. In 1864 came the Danish war, in 1866 the brief but wonderfully decisive conflict with Austria, ending at Sadowa, and in 1870 the Franco-Prussian war. Looking back after a repose of seven years, it must seem almost incredible to Germany that so much could have been accomplished in so brief a time. Surely it was a severe and testing school for a Premier to pass through, entering it amid murmurs of dissent and disapprobation and emerging from it crowned as victor! "T~e crowning event of his life, the proclamation of the German Empire . at Versailles, on the 18th day of January, 1871, wanted no element of picturesque effect, of historical solemnity, or of political significance. The preliminary treaty of peace was ratified by the French Assembly on the 1st of March. On the 21st of the same month Count von Bismarck became Prince von Bismarck and Chancellor of the German Empire." The subsequent events in the Chancellor's life are still a subject for newspaper leaders, a province which it is never safe to invade. His health is far from good, and of late he has been enjoying the quiet and repose of his country home c0t Varzin. There is much talk at present of the appointment of a new incumbent to the Chancellorship, but every one knows that so long as Bismarck lives, any man occupying that position will be but a reflection of the light proceeding from Wilhelmstrasse or Varzin. Of course the Chancellor's life is eminently suggestive in lessons to others who are to come after him. Hut in no one respect is it more admirable than m its brave, tireless industry, and patient endeavor, which finds its truest eulogy in these lines of Longfellow : "Tbe heights hy great men reached and kept, Were not attaint•d by sudden flight; But they, while tluir' companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.'' But while we are occupying ourselves in this biographical conversation, we are running some danger of losing interesting scenPs which are beginning to take place in the Assembly. The ringing of a bell has brought in tar<ly members; the seats are fill. ed; the president, Herr von Forckenbeck, I think, has just called the House to order and the necessary opening routine work has begun. Presently I notice a stalwart figure, broad-breasted, splend ,d and imposing in its stern simplicity, coming from a side entrance, past the Tribune towards the first seat assigned for the members of the Bundesrath, or Federal Council. There is no mistaking this almost Herculean physique, the strong heari, the earnest, <lec1ded presence of the man. How familiar the face must be to you now, crowned with scanty hair and its contour broken only by a fierce, military mustache. This face is seen 5.0 often here in Germany in connection with that of the 43 Empe:-or and Crown Prince in paintings, engravings, and photographs that you rocognize it in an instant. Bismarck passes down to his place with a plea5ant nod and smile here an<l there. His seat is next that of Herr von Bulow, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. He has a porte-folio before him filled with many papers, and he occupies himself busily and thoughtfully. At length Herr von Bennigsen leaves his place and takes his stand on the steps of the Tribune facing Bismarck:. It is in response to his interpellation that Bismarck is here today to give utterance to the policy of the German Government in reference to the Eastern question. Von Bennigsen speaks at length and when he resumed his seat Bismarck rises. We have a fine opportunity of seeing him. He is most simply dressed; a dark-blue military suit with collar of an orange color, and a bit of ribbon at one side, 1 think, sign of the "Iron Cross." Bismarck has said of himself, '' I am no orator, * * I am not capable of working upon your feelings or obscuring facts with a play of words. My speech is simple and clear." Some one has given this description, " There is no charm of speech, no fullness of express1on m him, nothing to carry away the hearer. His voice, though clear and intelligible, is dry and unattractive, and its tone is monotonous. He i~terrupts himself; corfles to a stand-still, and sometimes almost stammers, as if his refractory tongue refused obedience and he had to struggle painfully for the right way of expressing his thoughts; his restless movements backwards and forwards do not at all add to the impression produced by his words, but the longer he speaks, the more he overcomes all difficulties; he succeeds in fitting his words to his thoughts in the closest manner and ends by throwrng out powerful invectives, which, HS we know, are often too powerful." This in the main gives a just picture of Bismarck as 1 heard him. Though I should be far from calling his voice "dry and unattractive," there was a quality in it which struck me as being agreeable. He spoke most quietly and was listened to with marked attention. It was a most interesting sight. The President at his desk, the members in their seats, about the Tribune and to one side a number of gentlemen clustered in attentive groups, the dark dress of the civilians being lit up by the uniforms of some of the military present; the galleries, one mass of eager, listening faces, and most prominent of all the grand figure of the leading statesman of the nineteeth century. Bismarck is far from well ; during h1s speech he asked the permission of the House to resume his seat and thus continue speaking. There was no display of energy or action, such as must be evident when Windthorst thrusts at the grey old giant and stirs him up to white heat From time to time he draws the attention of the House to maps in reference to the vexed and. debatable land. lying about the Bosphorus and ftirther north. Of course now the speech is an old story, and has been commented upon and criticised by the press of the world. You will, perhaps, remember that it was in reference to the attitude of Germany at the preSBnt juncture of European affairs. How that the Chancellor declared, in substance, that '' it was not for 44 TH~ Germany 's interest to sacrifice the friendship of either Russia or Austna, and he saw no reason tp fear that the peace of Europe would be disturbed. The interests of Germany at present were not threatened, and unless they were, he could not counsel the Emperor to undertake any armed interference in the settlement of the Eastern question." I shall always regard it as a pleasure and a privilege to have seen and heard Bismarck. You will, I trust, pardon the length at which I have written on this subject, but I felt any sketches which I might send from Germany would be singularly defective did they not contain a notice of the· most prominent man of Germany in our day. HAWAIIAN LEGATION, BERLIN, Mar. 23 l 1878. ) LFrom the P. U. Ad"fertiser ~upplement, May 25] THE HAMPTON NORMAL SCHOOL. HAMP1'0N, VIRGINIA, t April 29th, 18i8. \ To the Editor of the Pacific Commercial Advertiser : In the New York Times of April 18th, is an article written by Charles L. Brace, a man who has, probably, done more real humanital'ian work in New York City than any man living. After 1·evisiting the" Hampton Normal School,·• l,e says, " of all institutions for education and practical Philanthropy, whether in the north or in the south, there is none, in the judgment of your correspondent, more wise and thorough and far reaching in influence than the Freedman ·s Agricultural College at Hampton, Virginia, Armstrong has struck on an idea so practical and well considered, and has carried it out with so much wisdom, that his institution deserves to mnk, with the great benefactions of the country." He then discusses the matters at length. Now " writing up" one's relatives is not quite the right thing to do. But I do not address strangers, and my motive will not be misconstrued. The Hawaiians should claim some interest in this Institution. For its Principal, out of his experiences and associations, and education at the Hawaiian Islands comes that idea, which Mr. Brace thinks so valuable. The :Principal is free t.o say that in that Hawaiian experience, he detected mistakes and errors in the "missionary " Hy stem, and by avoidmg these mistakes he has huilt up a system of education which seems at present to be universally commended by those who are best competent to judge. He does not, (or a moment fail to appreciate the missionary work at the Islands. That work has been most valuable in developing facts. Emereon says: "our succeeses are founded on our failures.·• The maxim bears on Christian as well as secular work. No small factor in working out the problem here, is the presence of the one man power. There is no divided rule. There are many Trustees, but they take no responsibility. The guillotine is always at work. 'l'he basket is full. No influence can keep an incompetent teacher in place, or retain an incapable student. Charity is not a part of the system. It is now an open ,s ecret, that the educational institutiom, of New England have greatly suflered from abuses in the name of religion and charity. Professors have been retained who were no longer useful. Stuidents kept ~ose presen~ in every way did harm. The system here is radical in that re.f<-POOt. A colored boy may heroically work his way from 'l'exas to HamptOll, and he may have a sad story of Eielf denial, in his effort for self ,education. But if he has not the ment~l capacity sufficient for the work to be done hereafter, he cannot stay. Some say this is hard, almost cruel. .But this Normal School is for the education of t eachers. The holding of a certificate of graduat ion from it, is now throughout the South, a FRIEND·, JUNi~. I 8 7 S. J?Uarantee of the holder 's titnei,;i- to be a teacher. Each year the standard is rai :iod. At present l will not discuss the matter, l,u t hope to do !!O speedily, as I am sure, that the white residents of the Hawaiian Islands must be deeply intere1:1ted in the whole subject. • Recently, there bas been a new departure, in adding Indians to the student clai,;ses. Some three years ago, the United 8tates Government seized, as hostages, seventy oft-he most desperate and treacherous Indian warriors on the plains. Instead of confining them on the frontier they were taken to Ifort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida, where they were completely cnt off from old associations, and were secure against rescue or escape. At first, they were ke1.,-t in irons, once they attempted insurrection, but failed. The government kept them simply as prisoners of war. Uapt. Pratt, who had charge of them is a humanitarian, and personally taught many of them to read and write. Recently the War Department ordered the hosta~eti hack to their tribes on the plait;is. Capt. Pratt at'ked if any wished to stay and be educated. Fifteen said they did .People interested in the Indians generally, subscribed money for their education . The entire number of hostages living, numbering sxty, were brougnt from St. Augustine directly to the wharf of the Normal School. At two, in the mornmg I watched them disembark and encamp on the grounds . The old warriors were a wicked looking lot. But now they are tame, and need no guard. In the morning tbey were taken over the farm, through the g1·eat barn, and into the school rooms. This was done in order that those who returned home might report the condition of those who remained. In the afternoon the colored students a~sembled in the chapel, and the sixty red 1'.l!en faced them on the platform. 'fbe colored students sung jubilee songs, and the Indians gave, in return, a war song. Those who delight in contrasts could meditate on the strange scene. lfrom the Chapel windows you could see Big Bethel, where Winthrop fell. Looking seaward you could see the spot where Morris fought the Cumberland till the wate1· quenched the fire of her guns, after the Merrimac struck her ; and beyond Fortress Monroe and old Point Uomfort, where Captain John Smith and his crew :first landed after a stormy Atlantic voyage ; to tbe eastward, and within a stone's throw, the National Cemetery, with its five thousand graves and the graceful simple shaft of granite ri8ing from the centre. Within the Chapel were two races-the red race, driven from the soil by the Anglo-Sa.xon, and the black race, forced to work the soil by the same Anglo-Saxon. And now the same dominant Anglo-Saxon, in goodness and charity, with better civilization and Christianity, bas founded an institution whose influence should redeem the error of the past. 'fhis is the spot where the early English settlers of Virginia began to swindle the Indians. It is also the spot where the cargoes of slaves touched, in the early days, on the way up the James River to the plantations. The mills of God grind slowly. After two hundred and fifty years, reparation to two races commences on the spot where the wrnng was first done. The Indians who remain here do so from choice. They are free to go. They give up the wild life of the plains for industrial education. The day afte1: this meeting iu the Chapel the Indians who refused to stay started for the plains and mountains. It is more than probable that in a few months they will be again fighting the whites. It is the logic of our Indian policy. Hampton Normal School. W e read with much interest the foregoing , : letter of W. N . A,rmstfp[1g, Esq., resp~ct!ngr the labors of his brpther Genera'! Arm.stropg, . · President of. the H~mpton Normal School. It is a most mterestmg fact, that two sons of . . Rev. Dr. Armst1ong, of oUI Islands, whose life-work was among Hawaiians, s hould have become so deeply interested in the education of the Freedman and the establishment of the Hampton Normal Sc ool. Hawaii may claim the honor also of furnishing other efficient helpers in that Institution. We refer to J B. Marshall, Esq., and wife, both of whom spent many years on these Islands, and gathered a rich fund of experience, to fit them for an important work among the Freedmen. :F. In a privi:tte letter recently received from our Berlin correspondent, we find an allusion to the" Jubilee" Singers who are now in Europe, giving concerts for the endowment of the Freedmen's College at Nashville, Tennm,see. He met two of them at an entertainment in Berlin. He writes as follows under date of April 14th : "It would be hardly fair to omit mentioning two of the colored ''Jubilee " singers, a gentleman and his wife, who added not a little to the cosmopolitan character of the gathering. These colored singers, you know, are from Nashvilfe, Tennesse, and are singing in behalf of the Freedmen's College there. They have been wonderfully well received in Europe, and have already sent home one liundred and eighty thousand dolla1·s as the fruits of their labors here. They have preserved their simplicity of manners remarkably, notwithstanding- all the attention they have received. They sing with a wonderful earnestness and this "concert-life," is to them a real missionwork. I wish General Armstro11g's smgers from Hampton could come and be equally successful." We also find the following notice in an English paper: THE JuBILJ<:E SINGERS IN GERMANY.-The Jubilee Singers bave recently gone to Germany to continue the work they bave for the lai.t six years been so succesi,,fully doing in the United States, Great Britain. and Holland. in the interests of tbt education of their race at Fisk University, Nashville. Tenn. Within a few days of th~ir arrival at Berlin, they had the honor of appearing before the Imperial family of Germany under circumstances of peculiar interest. They wne invited by the Crown Prince and Crown PrinceRs to sing some of their slave songs at tbe New Palace. Potsdam , on Sunday afternoon, November 4th; and on presenting themselves at the appointed hour they found, t.o their joy, t.hat they stood in tile presence of the Emperor of Germany, as well as in the presence of the Crown Prince and Princess, with their children gathered around them . Thus three genf'rations stood together in the home circle, listening to .this little company of emancipated slaves from tbe United States. as tbey sang t.be songs of the days of their bondage. And never did their strange, touching songs produce a deeper impression. or call forth hE>at·tier expressions of sympathy for the interest in tbe work they are laboring to do for their race in America and Africa. The Emperor made many inquiries of tbe President of the University re!'lpecting tbe Singers. aocl their personal history, and the work they ha<l accomplished, while the Crown Prince and Crown Princess conversE>d freely with the singers. making inquiries, and expressing great delight in the sjngfog, lt w~s especially gratifying to learn from the Crowµ, fripce~il Uii+t, ronr ye~rs pgpr when the Jubilee Sf.qger;;1 bad the ~oror' pf l!tng)fli before her Royal ·Moiher. tbe Rneep 9f Epglanfh s~e bad receive~ a ~o~g letter, speak'in'~' '()f. fl:!e smgers and their m1ss1on. r~e Cro~~- fqqctt Raid. '' These songs, as you smg them , JrO ti:i heart; they go t,hroi1gh ancl throu [Jh ?~ri" I ' . • ' '. :.! . I I 'l I !I .. .