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t r iirtr I Srtirtr fflii"iir iri"' - i V? J "1 Vol. XIX. HONOLULU, MAY 31, 1862. No. 5. fflpcsimt : PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT HONOLULU, Hawaiian Islands. Abraham Fornandcr, Editor. Business Ccir&s. cbas. m. Bisaor. A. aldbich. BISHOP & CO.. BAKKEES, OCcc tm the Eaat ccraer of Makcc'i Block, KuIumi alrees, Hoaolala, Draw Bi!' of Exchange on UeMrt. OrinDell, Minturn k Co., New York; Heary A. Peirce, Esq.. Boston ; and Messrs. Mor.vo,Soo Co., Han Francisco. Will receive deposits, Di. count fir. t class business paper, Attend to collecting, Ac. te. Ax. 8-tf W.A.AIdrieh. J.S.Walker. S.CAIltB. ALDMCH, WALKER & Co., Importers aad Commission Merchants Dealers in General Merchandise, and Agent for the Sale ol Island Produce. ALSO A rent for the Libue, Metcalf, and Princeville Plantations. 86-iy. JOHN THOMAS WATEEHOUSE, Importer and Dealer in General Merchan dise, Honolulu. H. I. REFERENCES. His Ex. B. C. Wyllie, - Honolulu. B. F. Snow, Esq Jo C. A. Williams A Co., do Chas. Brewer. Esq., j Wilcox, Richards i Co., Dimond A Son, d Thos. Spencer, Esq., H''-. II. Dickinson, Esq., Lanaina. B. Pitman. Esq, 8a Francisco. McRuer Merrill, do C. W. Brooks Ac Co., do Jo G. T. Lawton, Esq., . do do Tobin. Bros, k Co- 276 ly do do Field . Rice, Ae Yort- gUUUI PECK. CHAS. H. LCXT. C. BREWER & CO. Commission and Shipping Merchants., Hoaolala, Oaha, II. I. REFER TO Jobs M. Hood, New York. James Hciewell, Eoq., 1 ChaBlcs Biiwii, Esq.. V Boston. H. A. Piisctt, Esq., M ihir McEtii k Mebbiu, Sma Fnucueo. Chas. Wolcott Baooas, Esq., Messbb. W. Pi stau fc Co., Hongkong. Messbs. Peele. Hoiiiu It Co., Manila. 20-tf MELCIIERS & CO., Importers and Commission Merchants Stone 8tor, KaaAanaaaa Street, Corner Merchant, AGENTS FOR THE Hamburpb-Bremea Fire Insurance Company; Pioneer Flour Wilis, San Francisco; Fale of Asegut at Reinhardl's salt beef; Bale ol sugar, snslasses and other Hawaiian produce. Consignment respectfully solicited, and all orders from tbe other islands and abroad promptly executed. tiUST. C. MELCHERS, Bremen; J. D.WICKE, Honolulu; IS-tf F. A. 8CHAEE ER, Honolulu. JANIOH, GREEN & CO., (ommtssioiriUer chants. Fire Proof Buildings, Queen Street, HOXOLL LL. OAIIU. S. 1. 52-tf. B. F. SNOW, DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Hoaolala, Oaha, 11. I. H. TO HOLT, c- TB MECCa. Vea HOLT k IIEUCK, Gfieral Comiiioi MerckaiU, H j nOaan. S. I 35-'f II. IIACKFELD fc CO, General Commission Agents. Hoaolala. Oaha. H. 1. 3&-tf SAM'U . CASVLB. COOBS. CASTLE A COOKE, Importers & Wholesale and Retail Dealers in General Merchandise. A areata for Pr. Jarne's Measciaea. . C. BREWER 2d, General Merchant and Agent for the sale of the products of the Brewer Plantation. 'M' A. S. GRI1VBAUM & Co., Importers, and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in FASHIONABLE CLOTHING. HATS, CAPS, BOOTS and SHOES ! And every variety of Gentlemen's superior Furnishing Goods. m m a. tfcl S " - tiJ? lfw . A. Al Store In Btaaees oto, wnwiij -f drich, Esq., fronting on Queen street, Honolulu. Oahu. JOHN RITSON, DEALER IN WINES, SPIRITS, ALE PORTER. 14tf Hoaolala. WH. WEBSTER, Laid Afeat to His MajCTtf. Osaeo 1st Ike KlaeCaraa. Berllsis GODFRCr BIIODES. WHOLESALE OEALBB IB WINES and SPIRITS. ALE and PORTER, 41 Xesr too P t-Q1f Hoaolala. ftf SAM'L H. DOWSBTT, LUMBER MERCHANT, Will furnish Building: Material of every description, at low Orders from other Islands solicited. Yard on corner of Fort and Queen streets. GEORGE G. HOWE. Lumber Merchant, Laasher Tarsi Cemerefftaeesi mmd Naaaaa St a Ike Paaeaarsl Preaalnea. " UTAI A A II E E , Wholesale JTIerchants, AND Agents for the Aiko and Iwo Sugar Plan, tations, Hilo, Hawaii S3 KIXC STREET. IIOXOLCLl. ' C. II. LEWERS, Lamber and Building Materials, Fort at Hondo la. 14-tf D. W. FLITlf E R.' CONTINCES his old bosiaesa at tbe store ea B.aanamaaa streeu -iChraansBetera Riled by observations of the earn mad stars wita a transit ieirusaeni .tv-.-1.17 . . nr u.ului. P.Hiettl.v . tl.ntin. VMwSaMtaS OWI. M.B I lui.a ... a.vw.a.v. . givea to line watch repairing. Sextant and Quad rant glasses aiivered aad adjusted. Charts and Nautical 1 astro stents eoastaatly oa baad aad U ale. SS-tf W. FISCHER, Cabinet Mater and Trench Polisher, Hotel stireet, osaoeJio I bo Coveraaoeait Hssse 4a u Cusincss axh5. THOMAS SPENCER, SHIP CHANDLER, DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Island Produce, Jtc, Ac-, and. Commission Merchant, BYRON'S BAY, UXLO.XZ. Z. Will keep constantly on hand, an extensive assortment of every description 01 gooaj required Dy Miips and others. Sy The highest price paid for Island Produce. KT Money advanced for Bills of Exchange at reasonable rates. 41 tf CHUNG HOON, WHOLESALE & RETAIL MERCHANT, Importer of China and other Goods; dealer in Sugars, Molass es, Coffee, Rice, Funrus, Ac On King street, next door to Messrs. Castle k Cook. 49y Chas. F. Guillou, ZSX. D., LATE SIRCEOV UNITED STATES XAVV Lstte Coa)silr Pbyaiciaai (o Asarrirasi Se-stsstesi, AKD OEKEEAL FEACTITIOSER. OFFICE fnur f Kfkumnu n4 MerdUMl ttrtetl Rltideuc at Dr. Hd't aujin, Hotel ttrteL. $y- Office hours from II A. M. to 3 P. M., at other hours inquire at his resideaee. 8G-tf R. E. W AXEMAN. Contractor of Building and Jobbing. 3 ALSO Wheetripht, Carriage Making and Repairing. King street, Honolulu, opposite the City Market. 43 tf B. F. EHLERS, DEALER 1 DRY GOODS, SILKS, &c FORT STREET, HONOLULU. 60y J. O'NEILL. Painter, Paper-Hanger, &c. Opposite Lewis k Norton's Cooperage, King t- 50 ALLE N t BERRILL, SUCCESSORS TO GEORGE W. MAC1, TSLzx'iJtrtxllxcic, TTawail. Will continue the General Merchandise and Shipping busi ness at the above port, where they are prepared to fur nish the justly celebrated Kawaihae Potatoes, and auch recruits as are required by Whale I? hips, at tbe shortest notice and on the moot reasonable terms. 9 if 7. WORTH, AUCTION & COMMISSION MERCHANT, AND DEALER IN GEITEHAIs MEHCHAIJDISE. f3ff- Ships supplied with Recruits and money advanced on Bills of Exchange. HILO, Hawaii. 48 y CALIFORNIA MUTUAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, SAN FRANCISCO. THE UNDERSIGNED batvias aoBtoialrs! Agents for the above Company, beg leave to inform the public that they are now prepared to issue MARIN K INSURANCE POLICIES On cargo, freight and treasure to an parts of the world. 8 U. UACKFELD k CO. Honolulu, Aug. 21, 166L 17-tf rpHE Cargo of tbe barkenUiie Constitution, NOW LANDING, CONSISTING OF 40.000 feet ton rued and grooved Boards, 30,000 feet assorted Boards, 1011,000 feet assorted Scantling, 7,000 live feet pickeU. 50,000 Cedar Shingles. For tale by 23 tf GEO. G. HOWE. JUST RECEIVED! SACKS O tTSj Cases Corn Starch, " Oysters, " Oyster Crackers, " Picnic do, " Boston do, " W.fer Bread, Jenny I.ind Cakes, ground Sage, California Mustard, Boxes white Vermicelli, " Maccaroni, Cases Oregon smoked Hams, " " " Bacon, Catties Curious Breakfast Tea. For sale by S9tf 8. 8ATIDGE. Sugar and Molasses ! CROP 186! T7ROM TITCOMB'S PLANTATIOX! J r or sale hy 49 ALDCICH, WALKER k CO. Sisterhood of the S4ncred Hearts. Tort St., near tbe Catholic Church. THE FOURTH ANNUAL SESiOX mf Sale Institution will commence on August Sd, 1662. Toung Ladies of every religious denomination will be admit ted, provided .it be previously agreed that they will conform to the general regulations of the house. The course of Education for Boarders wiU comprise Reading, Writing, Grammar, Composition, Elocution, Arithmetic, Geog raphy, use of Globes, History (sacred and profane), Chronology, Mythology, Logic, French and German Languages. Book-Keep-ing, Musks (Vocal aud Instrumental), Drawing. Fainting, and all kinds of Fancy Needle-Work. .... The Sisters being aware that all education is impel feet without the knowledge of the Law of God, will devote themselves with the most sedulous care, to the religious instruction of their Catho lic pupils, without neglecting to inculcate in the minds of the others the general principles of Christian morality. The most conscientious attention wiU be given to form their manners and to train them np to habits of order, neatness and industry. The diet will be wholesome and abundant. Tbe health of the pupils will be the object of constant and ma ternal solicitude, and at all time they will be under the immedi ate superintendanee of their teachers. TERMS. B0AJLD TUITION", per Quarter of Twelve 'Weeks, S45. Music, Drawing, Painting, German Language, and Artificial Flowers, will form extra charges. r- No extra charge for the French Language. Payments to be made quarterly in advance. Persons residing at a distance are requested to ha ve a responsible agent in tbe city fNo'rrfocUB made in case of children being withdrawn before the expiration of-the quarter. ,..., Tuesdays and Saturdays win be the appointed days for parent to visit their children. On the first Saturday of each smta the Boarders will be al lowed to go out with their parents or guardians, but never with any other, withost a written perasisaioa frosa said parent or guardians. Tbe 7 must return to the ostablishment before o'clock, F. M, the same day. j Postage, stationery, washing and sneadtng, Doctor t fees and medkaaes, will be chargeable to the parent. for further particulars, application may be made to Sister Mama Joscra. 40 F IIITISIIJIIIII! THE PERMANENT eoUUbllskiaen fUrt tar of the Pacific," (Hoka ka Pakipika), newspaper to be priated ia the Hasraiiaa language, having become a flied fact, the aadersif ned respectfully notifies taose ."" or availing themselves of Its columns a an advertising medium, that its issue will be oa Thursday af each week, and that tbe edition to be priated is over two thoasaad eppiea. 1 erma rsasoaablcaad BdvrtinieBU translated gratuitously. . G. W. MILLS, Manager. XT At the PalyaosiM Office. .foreign botrtiscmriits. CBAS. WOLCOTT BBOOK8, W. FBABK LAOD, EDWABB P. BALL, JB CHAS. VV. BROOKS & Co., n 1233 SANSOME St. SAN FR AX CISCO, CAL. t3T Particular attention given to the purchase, shipment and sale of Merchandise, to forwarding and transhipment of goods, the chartering and sale of vessels, the supply-big of whaleships, and the negotiation of Exchange. $y EXCHANGE ON HONOLULU In sums to suit. ADVANCES MADE ON CONSIGNMENTS. REFER TO B. F. Snow, C. Bseweb tt Co., J.8. Walkeb, . H. Hackfeld A: Co., , B. PiTMn, James Hdhheweul, . ..... ..... ... Hesbv A. Peibce, Chas. Bseweb, Thateb, Bbicham at Field 8cttob k Co., Swift II. Alleu,... ........ 33 tf .Honolulu. .Hilo. Boston. ..New York. .N. Bedford. D. C. McRUER, J. C. MERRILL. McRDER & MERRILL AGENTS OF THE REGULAR DISPATCH LINE HONOLULU PACKETS Particular attention paid to forwarding and transhipment of merchandise, sale of whalemen's bills, and other exchange, in surance of merchandise and specie under open policies, supply ing whaleships, chartering ships, etc. 117 nnd 119 California-street. SAN FRANCISCO Cal. REFER TO Messrs. D. C. Watebmak Ac Co., Honolulu " V. ItEEWEB k Co., " Capt. B. F. Snow, .......... .-. M A. P. E.VEBETT, rM., . Messrs. Gilmah k Co.,....-....... .. B. PlTSAM.Esa. .Lahaina. .Hilo. I28-tf A. P. EVERETT, VICTORIA, V. I. REFERENCES : Messrs. McRrra k Merrill, " C. W.Rbooe A. Co His Ex. R. C. Wtlue, B. F. Ssow, Esq Messrs. Aldeich, Walkeb k Co., 4d tf .San Francisco. .Honolulu. H. I. RICE dSr Co., Shipping and Commission Merchants, DEALERS IN SXZZF (SZAZTOLir&ZSS, die, UAKODADI, JAPAN, "tXrH.1 ATTEND TO THE aalra of Mereaaa- I f disc, as also to the purchase and shipment of all kinds of Goods exported from that country. Mr. RICE is the Commer cial Agent for the United States at that port, and having already resided there for about five years, is enabled by his acquaintance with the country, to offer many advantages in the discharge of any business that may be entrusted to their House. REFER TO Wm. T. Colemab t Co., Jobs H. Almicb, Esq.. .. I. Howlabo, Jafc Co., Chables croiEB A. Co., ..... Aluee Sabpsoe, Esq., Rich a bd It. Rice, Esq McCondrv b. Co., C. WOLCOTT BBOOK9 it. CO.,... D. C. Waterbab A: Co., Aldbicb, Walkeb k Co., .... 49 tf New York, New Bedford. .. Boston. Augusta, Me. ..ian Francisco, Cal. ' ..Uonolulu, S. I. MESSRS. C. A. FLETCHER & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS G E X E It A L AGENTS HAIIODADI, JAPAIJ, BEO TO INFORM OWNERS A SO MASTERS OF SHIPS about to visit the port of Hakodadi, that they are prepared to take Consignments and do business on the usual terms. mrjm n . .ilk Ham. In.nnni. OffieeS. MeSSrS. m-Y? f j .rr.iiKCMiciii "" . FLETCH ER t CO. can take risks on Oil, or other shipments of Produce hence. Hakodadi, Yesso, Japan. 4th July, 1S59. I tf CHARLES BUt'VPR, COMMISSION 1 E U O II A NT, Boetoa. I'. S. 3 tf r-Refer to R. W. Wood and C. Bseweb 2d. WM. FAULKNER & SON, 131 SANSOME ST SAN FRANCISCO, AGENT FOR JAMES CONNER Ac SONS. C S. Type Foundry , and Dealers In all kinds or Printing Materials. Qy Printers will find it to their advantage to call on ns be ore purchasing. M On Sale; EX RECENT ARRIVALS! THE FOLLOWING CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF GROCER IES, at the store of the undersigned : Preserves Fresh apples do quinces do peaches, do Pears Raspberry jam Cranberry jam Strawberry do, ace, Ac, Ac. Mince meats t Sage Sweet savory Summer savory Cnrry powder Ground cassia do black pepper Whole do Pimento Ground clove do ginger Cream Tartar S.C. Soda Fresh raisin do currant in tin I Fresh oysters do lobsters Sardines IFrench capers English pickles do pie trait do sauces do mustard 1 French mustard I Hops oap Tins of water, butter, sugar, oyster, soda and wine crack era Smoked hams do herrings Best Oolong tea Preserved salmon Green corn Crushed sugar Loaf do Haxall flour Ac Ac. k.c. N.B. Fresh Inlaasl Batter aad Creaad Co flew "ntV H. MclNTTRE. 100 BARRELS ONLY ON HAND ! Of the well known PACKED BY E. KRULls, at Kealia. For sale by S3tf Yo HOLT ac HECCK. Corner Fort and Merchant streets. NOTICE ALL PERSONS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE privilege of gathering Pulu, Fungns and Arrowroot on an the Government lands on the Island of Hawaii (with the excep tion of those lands which may be sold or leased during the eoa tiouatioa of this privilege), ha been thi day granted to Mr C C Harris. L KAMEHAMXHA. Home Department, 30th July. 1659. IS tf Id. AND1 UI01. IilCH ! KAMI BEEF bucrtiscmcnts. BOOK & JOB Printing Office! ABRAHAM FORNANDER, PROPRIETOR. BOOK AND JOB PRINTING IN EVERY VA&ZST7 Or STYLE, Executed promptly and neatly ON THE MOST FAVORABLE TERMS. WE HAVE A MOST VARIED assortment of material appertaining to a complete Printing Office, and we would particularly call the attention of our friend and the public generally, to our large and beautiful assortment of Plain, Orna mental and Illuminated CARD STOCK.! And Plain and Fancy NOTE and other Papers, which those desirinj a really good article, neatly printed, are especially invited to call and examine. POSTERS, BILL HEADS, CONSULAR BLANKS, BUSINESS CARDS, CIRCULARS, BLANKS, BILLS LADING," BLANK RECEIPTS, ADDRESS CARDS, BILLETS. In fact, any kind of Printing, either Plain or Ornamental, on any quality of Stock that may be desired, on term . rea sonable and in a style equal to anything ever executed in Honolulu. Our specimen books are open to the inspection of the Public, who are respectfully invited to call and examine for themselves. JCTN. B. All kinds of FANCY PRINTING in Colors and In Bronae, done with care and in a style not to be surpassed ont these Islands. JUST RECEIVES ! .m. BEST FAMILY COTTONS American Prints (assl'd patterns J Ladies Congress Boots, " Cif do, " Buff do, Jenny Lind do, P. R. Denims. Extra heavy Tickings, Fancy Ribbons, Black and colored.Silk Velvet. Lining Cambrics, Ladies' and Gent's Linen and Silk Handkerchiefs, Sup'r assortment of Neck Ties, American Saddles and Bridles, Ace , Ac. 50 tf A. 8. CLEG HORN. Boots and Shoes. 0 F BEST German and French man ufart , Gent s calf Boots. " Billing Boots, " calf Shoes, different patterns and make, " Congress Gaiters, " Elastic Ties, " Patent Leather do do, u Lasting Gaiters. t7 Strong and comfortable Boots and hoes for mechanics. For sale by XS tolH'JLTt lltltlt. HAIKU SUGAR COMPANY! The undersigned offer for sale the Sugar nnd Molasses! Of their FIRST CROP, now com ins in! ED. IIOFFSCHLAECiER k. 8TAPENHORST, Agents H. S. CO. 8Stf Sugar and Molasses! FROM the LJhae Plantation. For fate by ALDRICH, WALKER . Co. March 93, 1562. 46 Peanut Oil! Peanut Oil! rpilIS OIL. eaa be cued for any kind of Laanps, 1 burn with a white and brilliant light, and emits no smoke. In quantities to suit for sale at WELCH ERS k CO. 84-tf JUST ItKCEIVED ! . A NO FOR SALE BV THE UNDERSIGNED Dr. 8. P. Townsend's Compound Fluid Extract of Sarsapa He. S tf I JA.MON GREEN k CO. Firewood ! Firewood Z ! FOR SALE at wery reasonable rates, at 47 MELCHERS A Co. H0TICE. W1 HEREAS THE UNDERSIGNED HAS BEEN INFORMED on good authority that great irregularity exist m the taking anaaiuingoi ine wua eaiue on me mountains on Hawaii, be longing to His Majesty and to the Government, by parties who claim or pretend to claim right under bills of sale from His Maj esty or from tbe Government, and whereas, from the nature of the country and other causes it is almost impossible to place agent to guard the interests of His Majesty and of the Govern ment, and whereas all parties having legal claim on the said wild cattle have already had time sujCwefll, if (hey have used lue diligence to remove the same : Now therefore, the undersigned hereby gives notice to all par ties who purchased wild cattle running on the mountains on Ha waii, previous to the 1st day f January ISST.to remove the same if not already removed, cm or before the 1st day of May next, after which time, parties taking wild cattle will be prosecuted Interior Office, I L. KAMEHAMEHA. Jaa.84.18jA f 4,U NOTICE! THE aMcvoIwaesi kes 10 I a for a their frleaoa that they have established a branch of their house at VIC TORIA, Y. L, under the management of Mr. Henry Rhode and nnder the Kyle of JAN ION Ac GREEN, for the transaction of a general Commission business. Particular attention will be piad. to consignments of Sandwich Island produce. J ANION, GbjEEN k. CO. Honolula.MajlO.lS59. !tf m Mpesimt. Taoazala oa the) Syn,., ,f Leglalalioa Which hat prevailed in the Hawal,n Islands for tie latt forty year ; on the evil that have vise from it ; and on the pauibl remedie for there erii. (y Da. John Rae, of Uana, Maui, author of New Pmsciplis of Political Economy, Ac., ke., ke. iContitmed. IIana, Maui, April 3, 1362. I am inclined to trace to the same laws, coDctrn. ing the irregular intercourse of the sexes, another great and growing evil of most disastrous omen to this most interesting but unfortunate race. I al lude to the frequent, and, as it seerus to me, in creasing prevalence among them of disregard to the binding lorco of an oath. In all nations, he who calls on superior powers, believed to be sentient of the facts, to witness to the truth of what lie asserts, adds to the weight of the simple assertion that of the credence which he may have in the existence 01 these powers, and in their will and ability to punish him, if he call on them to be his fellow witnesses to the truth of what he knows to be a lie. While the drend of an aven ging Deity thus binds him on the one hand, he is bound on the other by a regard to his reputation among his fellow-men, who are generally disposed to loic on the sanctity ol an oath as a thinj es sential to the security and well being of society. A wise legislator will avoid making any law which may weaken or snap asunder either of these ties, the more especially as the loosening of the one ever enfeebles the constraining power of the other. To tike one instance : It is a grave error to place a jury in such a situation that they must either give a verdict contrary to clear evidence or turn over a man to a punishment which in their opinion he does not deserve. In such cases most juries acquit, and thus not only does tbe law become a dead letter, but the sanctity of an oath and the reverence due to the Deity is diminished in the eyes of all men by seeing both violated with impu nity, and not only without public censure, but with public approbation. Cut as I have already spoken at some length on this point in my former letters, I glial! not further enlarge on it. I will only add that if ever such cautious legislation was called for, it was so here. In the ancient order of things, the belief in tbe will and the power of their gods to avenge for false oaths was very strong among this people. Dread of the wrath of these deities for this or that of fence sat heavy on their souls. When now their ancient oaths had been abolished, and in their room the swearing on the Bible by the true God was substituted, it ought. I think, to have been considered that they were as yet weak in the new faith, and that therefore it might be of roost mis chievous tendency to call on them to give testimony as to facts which their own wishes and the general sentiment of the community might strongly tempt them to misrepresent. That thus not only would the law be incapable of being properly carried into effect, but that the trust, which the people were beginning to repose in the new creed and new re ligious system, would be likely to be violently shaken and seriously damaged. Hut the laws con cerning incontinence placed them precisely in this predicament. Let us imagine that when this form of judicial inquiry was first instituted, and when the guilt or innocence of the accused no longer depended on the simple affirmation of the constable, some one is called to give evidence in a case of this sort, con cerning a fact on which the conviction or acquittal of a friend and neighbor depends. The offence he himself considers a very trivial one, a thing alto gether too severely punished by a heavy fine or eight months hard labor. He is asked if the ac cused was at such a place at sunset. He knows that if he say no, his friend will be convicted : if fhe say yes, acquitted. The eyes of the accused, of bis family, and of mutual mends, are on him, all seeming to implore him to tell that little lie, to which his own feelings of what be thinks right also prompt him. YV e may suppose that the cur rent of reflections which at the moment would pass rapidly through his mind, might be something like this ; What shall I do ? In the old times when wo had gods on earth, they were severe to punish, and I had been a dead man had I invoked them falsely. But this God of the foreigners is in the Heavens far away ; perhaps he will not take heed to roc, or if he resolve to punish me it will be after death, and I can repent and be reconciled to him before that. I will venture. Accordingly he commits a perjury, his friend escapes, and he himself feels no evil consequence. On tbe contrary, he rises in the esteem of those concerned, for the bold act he has dared in their behalf, is entertained and feasted by them, and rather looked up to than down on by all. Can we expect that such a man would not have imitators, that these would not advance some steps further than he had done, or that the con tagion of his example would not spread far and wide ? It were contrary to human nature to think eo. Accordingly, the influence of examples like this has spread very fur, and very wide, and has gathered fresh strength at every stride of its pro gress. It is rare for a trial of this sort to pass without apparent perjury. In many cases this per jury is so flagrant as to be absolutely astounding. You shall find a constable and two others swearing that they apprehended a man and woman in bed together in a certain house before daybreak. You shall find half a dozen men and women swear that the woman slept with them in another house that night, and never left it till she was there appre hended by the constables. A man shall come to you for a warrant to apprehend a man and woman who be tells you are asleep in each other's arms, behind a curtain in his own house. You grant it, and tell him to take along with the constable two or three of his neighbors, in order that there may be no mistake. The parties are brought before you, and four men swear to the facts as previously related. The case seems clear, when lo ! four women who were in the house at tbe time swear that the woman accused entered it with them, was outside the curtain all the time they were there, and that none of them knew that there was a man asleep inside it, until such time as the constable ap- Erehended him. In short, you may find any nuns er swear one thing and any other number swear the direct contrary. Nor ia the evil confined to such cases alone ; it has extended from them, though not in so glaring a form, into most criminal and civil suits, so that it is seldom that a case comes on in which some witness or other does not raise in the mind a Btrong suspicion tbat he has willfully falsified his testi mony. I know many a native whom, in private conversation, I would as readily believe as a white man ; but there are very few indeed in whose word I would place the same confidence if tbey had sworn to speak the truth. Somehow or other they seem always to have the idea that they have come into Court to assist one side or other, and that the swearing is a mere ceremony through which they f re admitted to do so. Let not the reader imagine that I am exaggera ting. He will find at least I have found that the conclusions my own experience has forced on me, concur with tbe opinions of many who have had much more to do with legal proceedings among the natives than I have had; and that on this island at least tbe impunity with which crime escapes has become absolutely alarming to men who are not of a particularly timorous disposition. Tbe same feelings that have influenced witnesses have acted perhaps to a larger extent on native joties. In trials for adultery I am told a sort of proof is required to procure a conviction, which the nature af the case scarcely admits. Nor is this to be wonder at, seeing that juries of white men have the samo temper. I have heard a ease often cited, and seemingly with approbation, where a married white man was found in a house of no good repute, undress, and asleep, by the side of a woman of bad repute, in which the jury found that this was no proof. This temper of juries neces sarily influences the decision of the magistrate, for whatever his real judgment in the case may be, he thinks it unfit and useless to give a decision which the verdict of a jury would set aside. Thus, as if every step of the procedure bad been doomed to plunge deeper and deeper into evil, whereas at first when the authority of husbands and fathers had not vet lost its power, almost any suspicious cir cumstance was held sufficient Droof. now. after that severity of the law has brought their authority to naught, it so relaxes its grasp that there are many w!k set it at defiance, and live in open adul tery, because they so arrange matters that, in the way in which its mechanism is managed, they know it cannot lay hold on them. Than this, nothing can be of more evil dangerous example, for it is one not aitncult to fllow, and thus these laws may every where be openij get at naught and de fied in every quarter. I have said that such laws ate always bad, be cause, in addition to the other evils they induce, they manifestly tend to weaken the religious sen timent in any people. They have been eminently successful in that respect here. J. ho old idea or Deity among these people was that of powers, capricious indeed, but potent in moving, controlling, governing all the things of this world. When they embraced the new faith their first conception of the Christian Deity was inevitably that he was of the same nature as the old, but that he was still more potent, for the ancient idols had fallen before him. Tbey were taught better. Still the daily invoking Jehovah to bear witness to the truth of a falsehood, and his seeming to take no note of it runs, so counter to what we may call their hereditary notion of a very present and powerful Deity, ever ready to punish any insult to bis majesty, tbat it either shakes their faith in his existence or removes him to that shadowy land of the future of which, if they have a belief, they have but a dim and im perfect conception. I have heard men high in the memliership of the church and in the estimation of the clergyman, when they have found that no redress could be had for heavy wrongs, owing to the perjuries in the courts, thus lamenting over the condition of things. It is all the fault of the new religion. It is a good, it is a merciful religion, but it is without power. It has no power at all. The ancient religion was one of power. Very powerful was it. In the old times one would have only had to apply to the priest and the property would have been returned or the men bad been dead, but now we are helpless. I have heard an old woman, the mother of several children, thus bewailing her impotence to bring some of them to submission: "Oh, we once had gods; the old prayed to them and the young prayed to them, and children feared to disobey. But our gods left us with Karaehameha, and now there is none to whom we can apply, children have no fear there is no obedience, no reverence, no authority. This longing of tbe native mind for a very present Deity, ready to stretch out his arm to save from evil and protect from wrong, is manifested in many other ways, in the personality of their prayers to Jeho vah, in the proofs they bring of his existence he saved such a one from shipwreck, he recovered such another from sickness, etc. It is obvious that nothing could run more counter to this idea, nothing could more tend in the native mind to remove the Christian Deity from the things of this world and all care over them, than the continual practice of blasphemously calling on' him to bear witness to a falsehood, and the blasphemer not only seeming to escape his vengeance but actually mocking at tbe idea of consequent evil. After perjuries have obviously been committed before me by either one or other party, I have fre quently endeavored to set before those assembled the bad results of such doings, and have contrasted the condition of things here with what it is in this respect in other lands ; and more than once after my short lecture was over, and I had mixed with the crowd at the door, I heard it said, and that hy men among them esteemed to be of superior intel ligence : How can these things be ; there is surely a God (heakua jtahn) in these countries. Even in open Court I have known a belief in the power of Tele and the shark admitted, and again I have known a disbelief in tbe existence of the Supreme Being avowed. These thingp have so wrought on the native mind, that there is a tendency to return to the an cient faith. Under all that tide of light which foreign intercourse pours over the land, there is a strong nnder current setting towards heathendom. In case of severe sickness, for instance, invocation of the ancient deities and sacrifice to them is very common, and men officiate there whom you would never suspect being concerned in such affairs. It is true that in copies of these invocations, of which I have obtained s sight, the name of the Christian God is not omitted, but he comes at the tail of the others, under the title of the Lord of Heaven. I am told by very good authority, that if natives take an oath to each other, it is never a Bible oath. They swear by the old deities. I once asked a native why a man and woman who bad been re peatedly fined and suffered other punishments for an improper connection, continued for many years, and who at last had abandoned considerable pro perty and wandered to some distant part in order that'it might be continued I asked this native how it was that they were so firmly attached that nothing could break the connexion. Ob, he said, they are hoohiki, and cannot part till one die. Again, should a man suspeot his wife should he, for instance, have been absent in Oahu, for two or three weeks, and on his return hear stories to her disadvantage, he will challenge her with having been untrue to him. She disavows the imputation, and offers to take her oath that it is false. Does any one suppose that she means wbat, in my coun try of Scotland, is oalled a Bible oath, and reck oned tbe most solemn of transactions. By no means. Her husband would mock at such frivolity. But if she take a heathen oath if, for example, she swear by Pele and the shark, he it satisfied. Perhaps, however, she was really guilty, and in her eagerness to clear herself of suspicion, had sworn falsely. In such eases, I am assured, super stitiouj fears generally so disturb her that distress of mind betrays her, and she is obliged to make a full confession to her husband. What is to bo done! Some great calamity broods over them. They must avert it. Accordingly, the man slaugh ters a hog, makes a feast in honor of the offended gods, they together pray that the wrath of these may be averted, and thus peace is restored to the household. I have a few words to say, aad they shall be bat a very few, concerning another unhappy evil which has devastated, and continues to devastate, these islands. 1 allude to a too prevalent disease. It is one well known to be iasidlous in its approach es, painful and loathsome in its progress, and, if not subjected to proper medical treatment, most commonly of fatal termination. It ia known also that in married parties it generally seizes two vic tims, one of whom is void of blame. Perhaps it ia not so generally known tbat it passes from pare. to obUdt to grandchild, and even farther, so. that whcla generations may bo contaminated, trutcaglk thecal of a single individual. There ia, Uq, I r i