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SUPPLEMENT To M POLYNESIAN, S
rvjij x NESI A N.
THE
HONOLULU, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1846.
" rcr We know not fc,,w canleTtllTc
umn or two of our journal to theexrl,,.:
than by the insertion of the following flower of
thought and feeltng, culled from the experience o
. 1C v. .... . uucect and sound at heart
An occasional boquet like thi9 to minds not wholly
lun.edby he rnatcrial world to a sense of Z
beauty of the ,nner and spiritual life, is refreshing
li, fragrance " the secretion of truth and solid sense
heightened by faith in , ,ie UI15M to
made active by benevolence in this. Hearken read,
en, to Edward Lyttleton Bulwer'e panegyric on
co d water, lie speaks like a man who dclL. the
truth from self-knowledge.
"Hero then, O brothers, O affiicte'd ones Ibid
you farewell. I wish you on 0f tho ,nZ li
friendships man ever mado th r..,:r ' u
,Uh No, Udir t, rhSf'.'SSS
more sportive and bew tchinr nn itj; ?ce
,eJJed more ,,,, dVahh'f,, ,e,c
ment of which she is the type In hnnt.k
find it the joyous playmate,' sicJnt,' cnbi
res orerand soft assuager. Round tho healing spring
still literally dwell tho jocund nymphs in whom he
Greek poetry personified Mirth and Ease. Nod rink
whether compounded of the' gums and rosin of lm
old Fulerian or the alcohol and acid of no de n
wme, gives the animal spirits which rejoice the wa
ter drinker. Let linn who has to go through"-
bod.lv fatigue try first whatever-wine, spirits?,!
ter, beer ho may conceive most gennronJ and sun
porting; let m then go through the same toil will,
no draughto but from the chrystal lymph, and if ho
does not acknowledge that there is 'no beverage
which man concocts so strengthening and onimatii,.,
u that which God pours forth to nil the children of
Nature I throw up my brief. Finally, ns health
depend upon healtful habits, lot those who desire
-' 7" "ij iu kwuo inio ine courses most
agreeable to the human frame, to enjoy the morning
breeze, to grow epicures in the simple re-'imon to
uecome caseu in armor against the vicissitudes of
our cniingei.ii sies to led, and to shake on", li r,t
sleep as n blessed dew, let them, while the or funs
are yet sound, and the nerves yet unshatteiedr de
vote an Autumn to tho water euro.
And you, 0 pi rents I who, too indolent, too much
slaves to custom, to endure change for yourselves,
to renounce for awhile your artificial natures, but
who still covet for your children hardy constitutions,
pure tastes and abstemious habits who wish to see
them grow up with a manly disdain to luxury with
a vigorous indifference to climate with a full senso
of the value of health, not alone for itself, but for
the powers it elicits, and tho virtues with which it
is intimately connected tho serene unfretful temper
the pleasures in innocent delights the well-being
that, content with self, expands into benevolence to
others you I adjure not to scorn the facile process
ot which I solicit the experiment. Dip your young
heroes in the spring, and hold them not back by the
heel. May my exhortations find believing listeners,
and may some, now unknown to me, write me word
from the green hills of Malvern, or tho groves of
Petersham, We have hearkened to you not in
vain.' Adieu, Mr. Editor, the ghost returns to si
le ce." .
Ye sons of true mothers and prize rs of womanly
worth and connuhi.il happiness, listen to the happy
confession of that ideal, glowing son of genius, the
patriotic, fiery A 1 fieri. ' High ub was the desire of
his soul, it was met by a love that realized his own,
and the impitient fir of genius was for once per
manently satisliert. '
" My fourth and last passion, fortunately for me,
showed itself by symptoms entirely different from
the three first. Inthe f rmer my intellect had felt
little of tho fires of passion, but now my heart and
rny genius were both equally kindled, and if my
passion was less impetuous, it became more profound
and lusting. Such was the flame which by degress
absorbed every afiection and thought of my being,
ar it will never fade away except with my life.
Two months satisfied me that I had now found the
true woman, for, instead of encountering in her, as
in all common women, an obstacle to literary glory,
a hindrance to useful occupations, and a damper to
thought, she proved a high stimulus, a pure su'ice,
and an alluring example to every beautiful work.-
Prizing a treasure so rare, I gave myself away to
her irrevocably. And I certainly erred not. More
than twelve years have parsed, and while I am
writing this chit chat, having reached that calm
season when passion loses its blandishments, I
cherish her dearer than ever, and I love her just in
proportion ns flow bv her in the lapse of time these
little esteemed toll-gatherers of departing beauty.
In her my soul is exalted, softened, and made better
day by day, arid I will dire to say and believe she
has found me support and consolation."
Who can read the following account of tho grad
ual blindness of Milton, without feeling the worth of
that consolation which although ho was left in dark
ness without, nourished an inextinguishable bright
ness within.
" It is now, I think, about ten years (1654) since
I perceived my vision to grow weak and dull ; and
at the same time, I was troubled with pain in my
kidneys and bowels, accompanied with flatulency.
In the morning, if I began to read, as wos my cus
tom, my eyes instantly ached intensely, but were
refreshed after a little corporeal exercise. The can
dle which I looked at seemed as if it were encircled
by a rainbow. Not long after tho sight in tho left
part of the left eve (which I lost some years before
the other) became quite obscured, and Prevented
me from discerning any object on that side. The
night in ray other eye has now been gradually and
sensibly vanishing away for about three Wsj some
months before it had entirely perished, though I
stood motionless, every thing which 1 looked at
seemed to motion to and fro.. A ?l'VLX.
seemed to have settled on my forehead and temples,
which usually occason. a somnolent prju ' P
rny eyes, and particularly from dinner till the even
ing. So that I often recollect what said of the
poet Pbineas in the Argonautics :
" A stupor deep his cloudy temple bound,
And when he walked he seemed as whirling round,
Or in a frcble trance he spechlcs lay.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 18.
left U.ht nV? om't that, while I had any sight
"ifr. 7 bed and tuneTon
closed evYlid. ri "gm used. to u"h from y
mo 15 1. " "7 became dailj
wera JmiM ' Vl C0,0, becam more faint, and
Present il dW',h tCerUin cackling sound ; but at
WntinF'V of illumination being, ., i
were extinffuihp tk... .i-.tr. i
thinir hut A..I.. . 7 uiuubcu around me no-
ed with L v,nT r wingled rtreak-
Itm irtli!; 'h.r bron- et the darkness in which
ik.P J!ua,,jr ,mn,ers:d seems always, both by
M5cia.n.dHy,i;Oa,:r,r0aCh.nearCr to Wtelh.J
oiacK , and when the eye is rolling in its socket it
And IhoVl11" par,it,C- fIiRht " nk'1.
hot T&'T Pn'e,clan"'y Wndle a small ray of
incuiL . ,na1ke.uPrn,y n,i"d to the malady as quite
S h ;i8nd Vfl?n rc,,ect' 88 ,he w mn ad
monishes, days of darkness are destined to each of
J?J- .1 d.arkn wh,rh I experience,' less onpres
Bive than that of the tomb, is, owing to the .ingular
goodness of the Deity, passed amid the pursuits of
literature and the cheering salutations of friendship,
"t if, as is written, man shall not live by bread
ftlone, but by every word that proceedeth from the
mouth or God, why nay not any one acquiesce in
the privation of his sight, when God has so amply
lvum.8 i, ''is mind and his conscience with eyes ?
hile He so tenderly provides for me, while Ho so
graciously leads me by tho hand and conducts me on
the way, I will, since if his pleasure, rather rejoice
than repine at being blind. And my dear Philura,
whatever may be the event. I wish yon adieu with
no less courage and composure than if Iliad the eves
ota lynx. '
"Though the organist was wrapped in utter dark
ness, only mingled and streaked' w ith an ashy
brown," still the organ pealed forth its perpetual
sublime Te Deum! Shall we, sitting in the open min-
iignt, dare tune our humble pipes to any other strain?
.Thou may'st thank Him, Milton, for, but for this
misfortune, thou had'st been a benefactor to the
great and strong only, but now to the multitude and
sullering also thy loicc comes, bidding them "bate
no jot of heart or hope," with archangelic power
und melody." ,
We close our extracts to-diy with the succeeding
accents of true philanthropy from the voice of L.
Maria Child, whose soul seems most happily in tune
with the lovely and beautiful both in the moral and
physical world. She has a heart that has learned
the value of fellow heart, regardless of its case, and
her sympathies are as free and full and sparkling as
a mountain brook.
True Philanthkopy. The following para
graphs are taken from tho last letter of L." Maria
Child to the Biston Courier: '
Last wee!; the city was very beautiful m her clean
whito robe, and sun and wind powdered the darkest
corners with diamonds. But in the Bowery, noble
horse, urged beyond his strength, and lashed cruelly
by drunken drivers, gave a frantic bound in his ag
ony, and dropped instantly dead. I have small joy
in the snow und sunshine ; they bring so much Butter
ing to : he " dumb creatures of God," as Mr. Pier-
So nt eloquently callsMicin. '.Thc'extremo cruelty to
orses, during tho brief season of sleighing in this
city, is a striking proof of the wanton selfishness of
man in his rage for excitement. Inanimate nature
sighs through all her voices, that the human is thus
at discord with her. In the city her very names are
desecrated. We havo cellars called The-Stir, and
grog-shops named Tbo Rainbow, and The Fountain.
Yet even in this thcrn is evidence of the yearning
afier the fresh, the beiutiful and the pure. Flowers
placed in broken tea-pots, on tho sills of miserable
windows, tell the same story ; and so do poor little
birds, hopping about :n their small wooden cages.
Their joyous exis'ence H not thus smothered from
intentional unkindness, but from thoughtless love of
their melody, and tho instinctive ileliyht of being
near a winged -nature. t
Last Summer, as I walked out on the Third Ave
nue, I often saw a laboring man watering u vine'af
his door, which almost touched tho pavement, and I
was continually covered with dust. "Thou poor j
soul," thought I, "how hard thou art trying to Keep
a few flowers in thy cramped and stilled existence
and thou, thyself, art a bud that cannot blossom for
want of sunshino and d-.nv." As I w alked home
ward the laborer and his unhappy looking morning
glory set in motion a crowd of thoughts concerning
men and cities, labor and cupital, and the foundation
of our present Bocial structure.. Feeling how all !
our morning glories are trailed in the dust, and brows- i
ed by passing cattle, I thought, for the thousandth j
time, "Would that I did not sec below the surface
of things, or that I could see deep enough to find the
right foundation."
But while this is not granted, I cheer my heart
with way-Bide manifestations of man's capacity for
renovation. .The Prison Association, w hich I have
mentioned in previous letters, more than realizes the
hopes of believers in the law of kindness. Nino out
often of the released inmates of Sing Sing, who
have been ussisted by the association, are doing ex
tremely well, und evince a very grateful disposition.
It is a painful fact, that momentary recklessness is
often punished as severely as deliberate crime.
voun" Iii 'Iishman left his native land, where a
pampered church und nobililv drive out honest work
ing men from a soil they gained by conquest, end
still keep by th law of force. He came to
country for employment, und found every conWr
crowded. He was honest and industrious, but very
timid, and easily depressed. When his money was
gone, and he could obtain no work in an evil hour
of distress and discouragement, ho wus tempted to
hiro a wagon with the view of selling it, and pock
ing the proceeds. He drove on desperately, far
away from the city ; but he was unused to knavish
tricks, and conscience would not allow him to ofTer
the horse and wagon for sale. Still he could not
muster suflicient courage to go back and avow his
fault. Natural timidity, and experience of man's
harshness made hirn dread the task. Ho was soon
sought for, and arrested. He w as advised to plead
not tfuilty, and was told that an acute lawyer could
brii him safely out of the difficulty. But he an
swered, humbly and sorrowfully, "I did mean to sell
the horse and wagon; and why should I add to mv
fault by telling a lie?" Notwithstanding his mod
est deportment, the uncommonly honest expression
of his young face, and the upright nature implied by
this declaration, he was sentenced to three years at
Sine Sing. He served his time out, with the utmost
humility and propriety ; and when he was released,
' rime to the lnon n .-
ance. He gave every indication of a sincere deter
mination to be a useful and honorable man. They
furnished him with clothing, .nd paid his board, un
til suitable employment could be obtained for him.
Not long after, he received a legacy of four hundred
dollars, from a deceased relative in England. He
immediately went to the ofiice of the Association,
repaid all the money that had been loaned, him, and
added a donation of twenty dollars. Was this a na
ture to be trampled under the feet of constables and
police officers i Who was most to blame, sociy or
the young disheartened Btrangcr?
But let us trust in God, and take couruge. Men
are beginning to feci and perceive that human souls
are worth more than property.
At the extremity ot a dark court, close to one of
the most crowded tnoroughfarcs of the city, I often
see a bright little sign, Hope Cottage School."
Whence came the idea of such a name, in such a
place, I know not. But I thank tho dear Father of
us all, that sunshine, music, and hope, find their way
into the darkest corners. And now I will tell you a
"merry toy," as Jeremy Taylor says. Not far from
here, is a public school for poor 'children ; and near
by is a toy shop. A little boy, handsomely dressed,
Kocs in there, and buys his pockets full of maibles.
He watches till school is dismissed, then flings his
marbles into the street, an,d runs. His bright face
peeps round a corner, to see tho poor children pick
them up; but they never know who is their benefac
tor. I know not how he has worked it out in his
little brain, thnt all the playthings in the world ought
not to be monopolized by those who hae money in
their pockets ; neither do I know who he is. The
woman who tends the toy shop, says he often re
peats this pretty little experiment, and seems to take
great delight in it. If the world docs not spoil him
before he is a man, and if his head is as clear as his
heart is warm, he will probably be an earnest re
buildcr of the Social SyMem. If he dies, meanwhile,
ho will deserve the Shakspearean epitaph that I once
road on a child's tombstone in Plymouth erave vard:
-uou Knows wnai a man he might
we know he died a most r-re boy,"
have
nm He
Samoa n Rkporteu. Through the politeness
of the Rev. Thos. l!cath of Samoa, w c have receiv
ed peveral numbers of the Samoan Reporter publish
ed at the London Missionary Society's press, Upola,
Samoa. It is a well printed journal and contains an
interesting compendium of missionary a"d political
intelligence for the South Pacific. It is zealous in
denouncing what it calls tho "Submissive policy"
of England in relation to Tahiti and in its opposition
to Roman Catholics, as the following extracts will
shew ;
Arkivai. ok the British Consul. We nre
gratified to have to announce the safo arrival of Mr.
Piitchard, with Mrs. P. and daughter at Samoa.
They curne by way of Jamaica und Panama,' and
were conveyed from the South-American ; Coast to
this group in II. M. 'a ship Daphne, Capt. Onslow,
which after cali'ng at Tutuila mme to anchor at
Apia, Upolu, on the 24th July. Afer landing 5,Ir.
P. and family, the Daphne immediately proceeded
to New Zealand in consequence of the lamentable
events which have occurred ia the the Bay of Is
lands. . We attach great value to a consul who is
known to be a fiiend of the natives, and of our mis
sions, as well as of British interests in general ; and
so far, therefore, are well pleased with this appoint
ment by the British government. But we have in
vain searched for any shadow of ground for,, the ac
cusation against him' by he French authorities nt
Tahiti, and for his imtvinonment and expulsion ; or
for the previous dotermi.iation of our own overn
ment thai he should be removed. We run only
view them as pait of the links in the chain of the
submissive policy. To so extraordinary un extent
was this policy carried, that Mr. P. was not allow
ed to publish his tale of w rongs ? We hear that he
is to receive an equitable pecuniary Compensation ;
but if this he all, it aflbrds but slight ground to hope
for adequate soenrftv to ftritifdi subjects or protest-'
ant miss oris. Tho French w ould of course be gl ad
to get rid of us all, on the same terms. The public
voice, however may, and we trust will ere long,' se
cure an alteration or modification in that policy : we
say emphatically the public voice, on which, next to
confidence in divine providence, we relv : fur be it
from us to wih for war ! '
,
Regarding popery as we do, ns one of the great
untichristian systems whose characfeiistics and bane
ful results aro so vividly pourtrayed in the apoca
lypse, we cannot but feel sad in the prospect of even
the possibility that any of our interesting converts
here, or of tho fe remaining heathen, should re
ceive the awful mar!; of the besiW." .And then again
we cannot foriret Tahiti, nor fn -l iie of the safety
of our beloved flocks from aggression. Towards our
opponents indeed as individvals, wo trust we oh all
cherish no feelings bnt such as accord with the
Christian motto 'good will o mnn ;" but as we be
lieve that with us is "the faith delivered to the
laints," for thnt we must of course "contend." Of
tho final result we have no doubt ; but in the mean
time multitudes may be led astray to their eternal
ruin. Our opponents supplicate Mary to aid them
in the destruction of whatfhey call heresy ; we en
treat our friends to pray on our behalf to the one
.Mediator who "ever liveth to make intercession for
us."
We find the following notice to ship masters in
No 3.
It is desirable that it should be extensively known
that the harbor called Fagaloa, on the norfb east
side of Upolu, aflbrds but very unsafe anchorage.
It was carefully surveyed and condemned by Com
modore Wilkes commanding the U. S. Exploring
Squadron. If masters of vessel, w ith a knowledge
of this fact, comply with the wirhes of worthless for
eigners,' who contrive to get on board to pilot them
into that harbor, it w ill be at the risk of losing the in
surance. Should anvthing of a disastrous nature hap
pen, the masters of the said vessels will be held re
sponsible. JOHN C. WILLIAMS, U. S. Consul.
GEO. PRITCHARD, H. B. M. Consul.
Apia Harbor, March, 1846.
As room permits, we shall extract further.
IC7 -Co'uaT News.' -Wm. Miller, Esquire, Her
Britannic Majesty's Consul General, had an audience
of the King on Thursday the 20th instant, at noon,
in regard to the' interests of certain British subjects
residing on these Islands.
The Consul General took occasion to renew the
assurance of his Government of their determination
scrupulously to adhere to their engagement to tejprct
the independence of His Majesty, as Sovereign, and
of thedcep interest that they took in his prorperity.
These assurances were highly gratifying to the
King.
Lptter for Lnhnina No. 2.
Honolulu, Aug. 19, 1846.
Mv Dear Solomon :
You send such an earnest petition
for news, that although I have about as much as I
can well attend to, to listen to the "what's new"
of every day in our gossipning streets and on our re
tailing counters, yet I will for a few minutes shut
my ears and open my mouth to you on paper. But
it must be through the paper, so I shall send this to
friend Jarvcs, that the new s may be made authen
tic. 1 have just learned that Hilo has been cept tired
by an "80 gun fiigate" and a 24 gun line of battle
ship, and between the two the volcano feels very
small. Two men of war have gone into Lahaina to
do tho same by you, although I suppose you ate so
stupid as to know nothing about it. It is just so
here. We hear from Lahaina that our harbor has
been blockaded by an imposing force for some time
past. It may be so, and I he enemy aie waiting on
ly for a wind to send the proclamation asl.oie.
Kauai is also to be captured by two men of war,
(this number two in tho present case seems to be as
magical as the scriptural seven)but as news 1 as just
arrived that this island has drifted considerably to
the leeward, it is to bo hoped that the fleet will sail
by it in the night ns one once did by Amciica, ac
cording to an old Hessian general's navigation.
This old tickety government of the king's seems
to be getting sadly into debt. Its members must be
keen at spending without getting anything for their
money. Report says a small bill of items, amount
ing to the indiflerent sum of $375,000 has just been
brought in against it w ith a moderate demand for
liquidation. Verily these government oflucrs have
good credit, and must live in clover some how,
though the patent double magnifying two thousand
beam pow er of the virtuous and charitable public
has us yet failed in detecting the fact.
You wi'l be delighted to know fiiend So), lhat'we
are to have a "Honolulu Free PrfM," u paper
which will cxpiess just what it pleases and will do
w bat's right in its own eyes, and everybody else
that pays for it. God ! I nm glad of it, something
that like the Millenium is going to satisfy every
body and make us all brothers well met. Besides
friend Jaives is getting so particular, that it is really
difiicult even to get a nice letter like mine into his
poor shakes of a journal. If he knew what's what
he wQuId engage me before the Free Piess speaks.
Among the new courts, (for courting is all the
rage now ) I have heard it whispered that each for
eign consul in bbout to establish a land office for bu
countrymen, when every body wanting plantations,
liouselots, store lots, water lots, etc., with or without
native proprietors, can ask and receive when they
get them. This w ill save much business for those
tortoise moving land commissioners, and expedite ti
tles and occupancy amazingly. There seems to be
a new doctrine getting in vogue, or perhaps it is an
old one brushed up, that the Hawaiian constitution'
and statute law s can be treated as a new coat, put
off find on at plc.isme.
Poor Pill Garlic is still alive not bunged, turn
ed out or much frightened. They say he threat
ens another of his cheap and popular publications,
so delightful fiom their brevity and placidity. As
to Mucitapha, never saw him in better spirits. Thn
cabinet caravan I spoke of in my Inst bar. fallen
through. There eie beasts enough, but no one as
yet has -mustered srfiicient courage to muzzle them,
or el.-e they have got so tame that they can be al
lowed their liberty until they ugain become outrage
ous. The subscriptions to the stock have fallen olf
somewhat of lale, but as it is a fancy affair, that
must be expected. c
You r.eed'nt think becarsc we uie going to have
a w hole regiment of men of w ar here that llaaupv
nt is to be burst up, blowed up or knocked down.
Nothing of the kind. All Honolulu is now getting
alarmingly civil and good natured something for
storm bieeders as for doctors, too healthy to live in.
Every body thinks California a little the greatest
country ihm on the earth, and ever) body's cousin is
trying to Ct there. As for these isiinds, John Bull
and all his neighbors kiiow that they would prove
too expensive a luxury at present like a shark's fin
soup, troublesome to digest, Hr.d no great shakes '
afer it is eaten.
Week before last when somebody went everybody
were there to see him ofr, but not being informed, I
'missed ii. There wns a perceptible rise in onions,
and egjs ' ave since turned nut chickens. Beef in a
sudden fit of self esteem, values itself at 11 cts. per.
lb., which makes house keepers feel blue a color
in which tho milk fully sympathises.
. Numerous palpable signs of rnal-administration in
government tire to be met with about town, in the
shape of stone w are houses and private dw ellings of
some pretences to size and beauty, now "going a
heud." I counted lately no Ic.?s than three large
stone stores, besides several smaller fry, and many
more fine dwelling houses all getting up in the
world. The owners have so li' tie confidence in the
stability of the government that they fasten them
selves to the soil with all the tenacity of rock and
mortar combined.
One more bit of new s and I am done. An old
skipntt tells me that lately on the North West a
w hale chased him into the main-top. The big fish
es or beasts, (which are they?) must be getting up
to trap. If they should assemble this faliand make
an assault upon the whole fleet in your road-stead,
what smashing work they might make. Instead of
how many barrels, the tables would be turned and
the little ones would ask the big ones, how many
ships have you knocked into a cocked hat and left
not a rib to tell the tail 1
As ever yours, QUIZ.
Irp'llis Excellency the governor, has commis
6ioned Lorin Andrews Esq to act as police magis
trate during Mt. C. O. . Hopkins' sickness or una
voidable abspnre. V
Hypocrisy. Who by kindness and smooth1 at
tention can insinuate a hearty welcome to an un
welcome guest, is a hypocrite superior to thousand
plain dealers.' ,- - J