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rflE POLYNESIAN,' . . r i II . .

. . . al I I . .a I .. .rttii ttl.ljr SI ll'HMHUli, WAIIU, II. I.

HOPKINS, KDITUU.

TKKM8.I m anaam, ia nlitMt,.. 16 o

"w4 l advance, J W

iRates of Advertising.

' I ... ail -- - .a l HI, f" nmuaaamr ig is. ( aiiuM, w

. -- cu'S? ball sonare, .v the year, '.;,j.at"u aware, iu.i". i early advertiaio not

kli co'ama aji.oO ; H cxoeedies mkM

Veai!) ? limited to the adara liaklW!.

. ! i ff.T..f Tw-ljr-li- rents per line, for, , mv. aJ an "J onc-ioa- cruu lor cacb

jivr.t are rr.uwr io pay in ativancc.

Jfcnt for tSe i'olyneriitn.

fHa I H"Xi, i4itw fotur.lru 4 :nr . Vmriiii, J. II. Ukaaua

nr Montgomery,iv :kni:ual merchan- -

t , I - 1 " -

' wE, ar "N 'ia,,,l d a.ir Bale, a generalof Kagtih, French and A me rira n Pry

iiar-te- e to this market, which bo will sell at

r ks a hand constantly reining., .jt' frrrr superior Salt, which b will sell'..k ar barer, n rraaonnbla term.kit Ba. capable of bottling half bushel each,nuctafi! i a Jar, nana ana ir aaie.

a a .4.. 1 - WWjjf auppiKHi iia -- lotik ana Hawaiian rro- -I akvrt notice, ai iua lowcai uwaci pricw.

Mil AT. L II. WRIGHT,. a. a a? I a a an

iVl.NTr II a.m iiLAAir.u, oncr lorw km ivaaonablc t rtiM a general aanortment

Fu ihI Oil, ruuawing of!f Lnl, VciMttan Kcd. rruian Blue, Terra

siMMr, r1rJ (rren rami. Chrome Yellow,. f1w Uchre. Spanish Itruwn, Lamp

, i. ftaxi, hirita Turpentine, I.m--.uJ.f jal arniU .(km lMl, t.uld and hil

f. I'.fo?, Paint, Sih anil Tar Uruxhr.M(, nl l'a-e- r, Window t.laaa, 1'utty,

lv.rwriooMi, Sijja. Coteh, Ship and Ornamental

a; (ireatod with neatne and dcpatcii.

rooPKnACK.IE ubcnlcr wuuM inform hi former

.rr-MMaadt- public, thai he atill continueat the aid Maud, neat door to w iiiama K

.(.hrre he will be happy I rewia order in

. m af haioeM, hie h will tie eiccwted pioniplly'm mtumt rcaaoHable tenua.

I mIc, akaut I.J'Xt bMa. aiipctinr Carl, andwt lu. aatarriwr American lloop Iron, Ki l

Tub and uoat r Hath, liorket Tulu c.a..a,. C. II. M.IKMHL1..

KTIONKKIl ami Oneral CoinmUfi.intlmkaM. I.ahaiaa. Mtw. Hawaiian

jnnlii'li band anil fr aale, a peneral a- --- mt f lliaaiian Pro.lMie. adaiucd to the

aktrr rtii t ! laUada for recruit;.k aid Im mih ImI on reanoaable term for

.or Ilitttcl r'.tthaa e on t.ngland, trance orI'Brtt 4 Mali-- .

mj WttMiMto tarutr J to bw rare will be prompt- -aiuadrdla. my ziy

KMMl IN SHIP :ilNI)I.KKV,Fl.Mut.l U...l..a.lMi Aa I HatakAllma PrfVtlllTW.

t Ht), II l.. I la an, liaa ronalantly on bandwMaalc, a rreral aair1nt of Mertbandiae

by whale. lnj luaclmig at theaefar rrrniii.

I jr May .niMtJan liberal term for Hill

o the UmuJ Mate, Ln:land and.. rnr JO'y

lltVAIIA nmiMTK.NSTANn.V oil hanJ ami f.r aalc I

I I . I aaanrlnvial tflT I I A.m WwlNTNrVI. fV I al mw-- aian ..a -

k.m rrJ4ft rtif r Cuftvi, Sugar, t,

. Mtmki Kipa. Pulttr Mot ;oat- i II aJ i

I.aae, Utaviatoiia, cotai imnuinj fioiw,w BallaM ke.hNa at the Cotaramert Store II oue.

Jo-- I y

H. . UII.M AJaK Ac C O.,MiMUTKKS of Aiii ii u ami KurtjKanU4, will beep calantly on band a freneral

raea of Men Itaixliac adapted lo the market(-- California adllie llaaauaa laland. A

aort.nrMt of Ship Chandlery and IWi-cjNt- el

by wlaler touching at thia port for

aa band, w hit h will U aupplied on lilralm U caah. .r Hill of Kichange. aiygHy

miir Auri:MTF.iii5i..UK untkraiuotl infrirt th K?ile of

ami ma-- 1 era of teaaela tnutmir ibia-.- that ha vhall continue I o carry on the SHIPUfLNIIaklMt buMocM mi all ita brancnea ai

4 atand of lrew Co., wbero be ia fully pre- -1 - t, I . a L ... kaat 1 1 Bkt MUrllm id .acute an ainua oiUlteg, and repairing veaacla.

V, kc, mJe to order at ! ahorleat notictf.

ftC GAMALIEL PttKW.

Jl T ITHMhIIKIMItIsniRV K THK HAWAII N in--

.l.MHi ibeir Antiquitiea, Mylhol

r.?,Uad., liio.crr by Europeans in the m- -

notary, oy -- oo, -- "' .M.Ka and l ol.tiral llwlory from the ear- -

" trtioairv rennd to the preni lime. iytitkNON JAUVES. ifaird KJttfon.

' at .bta OlUce. I'nce, fl.w ia r!'- -

"abf?,..l.u.'t'l.' v villa

IU. kip oiinuiitly on hand a Rcnrral' aart,..ataf Moo Chandlery. Proiiooi., &c.

'f for whale ahip louchioir at turn

"rrrrf.j: a ad will auppl mem a..a a." L a. a

naikM prtn f..r ahor It'll oiUea htatf.. E'icland and France. J"yy

PU'DUTKKS, w ill Wo ,, constantly on handluu.-- a . i- - i.i. .L Mfuk mad Antorican

nrii ui Vaiiiiww, "

''IH, ,.,,1,1,1,, for (iregon, California and tbeae

Ala a fcara! ea.r1ment of Ship Cban-'"- 1

d P,n....n. funuired bv wbale ahipa.tll be aotd at low prioea for "th or Utile of

I- - a la

iiiusi: tita hi:.it al? by tl. auWritcr a atmng Ohia

M-- I raine 17 fc 27 feet, with bewnK a-- ar aai i rfr-r- i a reaitcct. For fur- -

X la. at! ... ...l -Ir 7i,f j. WYPI.ER.

LOT I'OII kali:.pR SLp.f n application at the Home, a af Land in ll iIUge of Koloa,

' a. aUat I -2 acre'M. 7. If

MIAI. Ac.liOXKS Soap 3) lb, each; Ki box- -

' tilia, BMorted aire.JT" Far .ale b EVERETT i CO.

MTTRlsSlt.j)M.U Mauraaws, adapted to the Cal

market For aale byH4W F. HUDKICUEZ VIDA.

BUSINESS CARDS.POLYNESIAN PRINTING OFFICE.

Plain arti Santn Book arib Job printingPaMpblet. Shop Bills,'atalogacB, Rills of Kxchaace,CircMlara, Hills or Ladinp,IlaadbilU. Coasalar Dlaaks,Hill Head., i iiaak Meeds,

BUSINESS AND ADDRESS CARDSKiecwted with neainena and deapatch.on liberal terms.

S. n. WILLIAMS & GO,Importers Sc Commission Ulcrtliants,

nn'(ir iti it miTi- - 'vaWMaya.V,8. II. WlVLIAM. T

J. F. B. M At.HALL, ISandwich Islands.

B. F. Sxow. jS. II. W. (l Co. import Slieatbinj Copper, Cordasje,

Cauaa, rroviM,ms, ;read, Naal Stores, &c., aod dealarKtT "f Su'P Chandlery and Kccruiw for

whalehipt.Ihlts of Exchange on the United State and Eu-r-e

wanted.

EVERETT & CO,(Srntral aTommiBsKon itttrctjants,Ja'a! 'jEJ "tm.' j HONOLULU, OAHU, H. I.

J"T Money a.Uanced on favnraMe terms for Bills ofkichange on the United States, Enqland and France.

mahee, AUTnonico..Connisaion Merchants A Skip Chandlers,

HONOLULU, OAHU, II. I.James Makck, 3J. A. AsTMon, Hawaiia! Inlands.Chas. I'bewkb So. )

f"3r Ships supplied with Refreshments, Provisions, &c.,at ttie sborte)t notice, on reasonahle terms.

N. B. Wanted roverainent or whalers hills on the U.S. or Europe, lor which money will be advanced on fav-orable terms.

CBABB &. SPALDING.Ship Chandlers and Commission Merchants.

1! CNsV''o. j HONOLULU, OAHU, H. I.

O. W. VINCNT.IIOl'SE CARPENTER AND JOINER,

HONOLULU, OAUU, II. I.Having bis shop, is now prepared toesecuto building and jobing at short notice, and on

the most reasonable terms.

O. P. SAMSING & 00,Rakers and Dealers ia China Goods,

ItOXOLULU, OAHU, U. I.Oa hand and for sate, Sugar, Molasses, Tea and Coffee.

Families and Ships auppliad with Bread, &c.

J. WYDLBB,!IGN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTER,

HONOLULU, OAHU.Transparent WiikIow Shale4 and Ornamental Painting

lOvraral'vt naatn.t anil at.tuiirh(Orders ta he l. ft at the Store of Mr. G. S. Bartow.)

i1baelh7wiiiget,PAINTER, GILDER AND GLAZIER,

HONOLULU, OAHU, II. I.,Will execute with neatness aud drsnatch, House, Sign,

Coach. Ship ami Ornamental fainting.NICHOLSON & HENDERSON.

&Xt v ar o Uli ai au a ta? 31 a a e a a(EttuLlukmtHt opfoiilc llu Seamen' Cliapcl,)

HONOLULU. OAHU. H. I.A larce assortment nf P.rosdt loths, Cassimcres. Veslinirs,

. 1 J I ... n. annt.snllv furanqiwrin IHU LalllVII 'I lllMigl., .a."a.i-.- . jtiarments made at aliort notice .n latet fashion.

JOHN J. CARANAVE.

IMPORTER OF EUROPEAN GOODS,AND IiEALER IX

Ship Chandlery and General Merchandise,HONOLULU, OAHU, H. I.

At the siore fomerlj occupied by E. & H. Crimes,

BUSH, MAKEE & CO,.ataai-- i af

Shin Chaadlery wad tienernl Merchandise,LA HA IN A, MAUI.

Shit sapptn-- d with recruits at the lowest market prices.. .' i i .1.1. tortna fur Kills of

F.x hanee on the Uuiled tSutes and Europe.

BODR1UUEZ VIDA

nrlltl IK

SHIP CHANDLERY AND PROVISIONS,HONOLULU, OAUU, II. l.

Shir aapplied with recruit at the lowest market price

lor Canh or Bills oo the Uaiu--d Stalea or fc.rpc.

ISAAC ndOMTOOIttERY".DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE,

HONOLULU. OAHU. H. I.

Ships supplied with Stock at the shortest notice.

o7rrxTArRENZ &. co.,

C. F. LAraess.J JIOXOLULU, OAHU, II. L

lV'FreochApohhi'ii!;eciited ia the best manner. 43A. B. BATES,

AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,joha B. Jwper. El;Offica ta Ik UoaohUa IIimo, oppcile

HONOLULU, OAHU, m. i.

J. O. LEWIS,WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN

GENERAL MERCHANDIZE.iioNoi.ii.ir, omiv, ii. I.

O. S. BARTOW,DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE,

HONOLULU. OAHU, H. I.

AUSTIN 8l BACLE,DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE

HONOLULU, OAIIU. H. I. -

nrnnTt & PARSE.CABINET MAKERS AND UPHOLSTERERS,

HONOLULU. OAHU. n. i.

p. W. THOMPSOM,

HONOLULU, OAHU, M- --

a i nciIT & CO..IIOl'SE CARPENTERS AND JOINERS.

'Jawes.sMAa Bmt,

Macea?i,) HONOLULU, OAHU, II. I.

lift. PATTao.2n r. Lj 1. 1

COMMISSION MERCHANTS,W. II. Ksttv, TAHITI, Sc. is.Ueo. II. noci-o- ,

WAUD &. SMITH.Merchants for the CoastGeneral Comm."

ol taiiioraia,Fsisie Wasr.,1 S1?i FRANCISCO.... a . a ... CV . Hi. oim. 1

- mum is nranu ITM!LE.a . WW

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LA.I AHAINA. MAUI. H. I.

(Office in the Police Court, Hale Piula.)

t xxr. H. HAUWAHI,ittorney at Law and Solicitor,

HONOLULU. OAHU, H.I.(Othce in the Honolnlu House.)

BARBER AND H . I R DRESSER.HONOLULU, OAHU, II. L

(Shop next door to the Canton Hotel )

HONOLULU, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1849.EDUCATION ITS TENDENCY

It is now forty-on- e years since the attentionof the British Legislature was first directed tothe suhject of National Education. Duringthat somewhat long interval, puhlic opinion oothe subject has passed through all the phasesfrom unmitigated hostility to any measurehaving that object in view to a general con-viction of its necessity. Of the permanentsocial and political reforms now in contem-plation, it is first and paramount. To thethinker, this problem of education has longbeen regarded as the question of the age,as not only more important than the ordinarytopics of the hour in its ultimate consequen-ces, but as requiring a more peremptory andpresent solution. This conviction has nowspread from the closet of the thinker into thearena of general life from the originatingto the operative mind. It has penetratedthat vast section of the public in which thepresent constitution of society has investedthe true legislative power opinion themiddle class. The necessity of education isno longer an hype thesis not a speculative,but a coercive conviction, which must, soon-er or later, be embodied in the form of law.The inquiry Shall the people be educated?lias given way to the more enlarged but, asexperience has proved, little less difficult oneof Hote shall they be educated?

I he want of unity of idea and motive whichprevails in this country has heretofore pre-vented any general measure from beingadopted ; but a generation having passedaway while the discussion of the mode hasbeen carried on, moderate men of all sideshad begun to entertain hopes that sectarianjealousies had been so far softened down asto admit of the cordial of allparties in the attainment of a national good.The menifesto of Dr. Hook for it must un-

doubtedly be regarded as the manifesto of aninfluential section of the community thoughnot rigorously exact in its statement of factsnor logically conclusive in all its arguments,was yet dictated in a wise and conciliatoryspirit that materially strengthened thesehopes; while the language addressed byLord John Russell to his constituents ontaking office prepared men's minds for activemeasures, if not for a final settlement of thewhole question. "Then there are," saidhis lordship, " the great questions of publichealth and of public education, in which Ithink it behoves the government and the leg-

islature to attempt to improve the conditionof the people. I mean no particular plan Iallude to no scheme but I will say this, asregards the education of the people, that noplan can be good or worthy the adoption ofParliament which docs not sanction andmaintain the principle of religious liberty,"This cautious announcement roused Mr,Baines to sound the tocsin of alarm to thedefenders of religious and civil freedom.The propositions sought to be established inthe Letters to the Rt. Hon. Lord J. Russell'may be reduced to ihe following : First,that the means of education already existingin this country are much underrated : corol.No pressing necessity for the interference ofthe legislature exists. Secondly, mat a gov-

ernment primarily resting on public opinioncan have no jight to educate or to controlthe education of the public opinion by whichit must be judged : corol. The assumptionof such richt9

would be a breach.

of.the con--

- .a a a a 1

stitution. We have taken the jiDerty ot re-

ducing Mr. Baines's propositions to theirproper logical lorm his meaning is suDsian- -tially preserved. It must not, however, besupposed that these are the opinions of thenonconforming body generally far from it.The time has happily gone by when a singleman could.. .

give the law to a great party.a a at I

The condition and constitution oi parties naveundergone a change for the better. I heprinciple of centralization is weakened, even

. l.ij. a ... :.. lin us sirongnoius. parv 18 uuinseparable unity, but a congeries of minds,subject to various'attractions and repulsions

each one having a special inaiviauaiismand being more or less a self-governi-ng

tower. Men even through members of anartv have ceased, or, if we mistake not,are rapidly ceasing, to look at great objectsthrough other vision than their own; or toreirard any ereat question of civil life in onlyone. and that a definitely prescribed, aspect.The ascendancy of that mischievous 'method'is past. The solid unity of faction is some

what broken up, and the natural antagonismof healthy individual judgement is in courseof restoration. A more catholic eclecticismDervades the popular logic; and hencefortha vital truth may not be reduced to the un-

certainty of a problem, nor a dogma raisedto the dignity of a postulate, merely becausesome sectarian chief, for an ulterior and especial purpose of his own, demands that it

shall be so.Hence we were not suprised to find Dr.

Vaughan, editor of the British Quarterly,and one of the leading nonconformists,amongst, the foremost controvertcrs of Mr.IWa'a nronositions. In his pamphlet, 'Popular Education to England, the statistics of

the latter are vigorously scrutinized, anaproved to be unentitled to confidence, vr.Vaughan satisfactorily proves although to a

person even moderately acquainted with the.n,.nir h; ia finite unnecessary that notvuut. J --i

the nualitv of education deplorablylimited, but that the quantity of that given is

low and its distribution most aeieciive. a uc

mean result of all the statistics now lying be-- f,

: includinff those by Mr. Bains; is,

that in England and Wales, with their six-

teen millions of inhabitants, there are be

tween six and seven millions unable to write

their own names, and not less than five mil-

lions who cannot even read. The mental

destitution must be stayed; this moral pesti-

lence arrested in its course. " Of all obsta-

cles to improvement," says Dr. Sumner,ignorance is the most formidable; because

theouly true secret of assisting the poor isin bettering their own

to make them agentscondition, and to supply them, not with a

stimulus, but with a permanenttemporaryenergy. As fast as the standard of intch-gen- ce

is raised, the poor become more and

more able to co-oper-ate in any plan proposed

for their advantage, and more likely to listen,

to any reasonable suggestion, and more ableto understand, and therefore more willing topursue it. Hence it follows, thai when grossignorance is once removed, and right princi-ples are introduced, a great advantage hasbeen already gained against squalid pov-erty."

Dr. Vaughan reasons with much cogencyon the absolute necessity that exists, anddaily increases, of bestowing education uponthe people as a conservative clement ; as arestraint upon those revolutionary tendencieswhich are ever most dangerous when in al-

liance with ignorance." It is true," ho writes, "that the people

who increase the fastest. It is withour lower class that forethought and pru-dence arc at the lowest point, and it is there,in consequence, that population rises to itshighest rate of increase. This is the great

the righteous law of Providence. Themeasure in which the few degrade the manyto a state of ignorance and squalid poverty isthe measure in which they prepare a scourgefor their own back; in which they givestrength to the elements .that soon or latemust destroy them. Witness the insurgentmultitudes of Old Rome and Byzantium, keptdown for awhile by shows and largncsscs,but a multitude which could never be trust-ed to face an enemy in the time of war, noras capable of performing a single virtuousaction in the time of peace, and which indue season consumed the parent that gave itbeing. Look to Ireland, and, in short, toany country subject to a grossly corrupt gov-ernment. It would be folly, and worse thanfolly, to attempt to conceal from ourselvesthat we have a multitude of this descriptionincreasing faster than any other portion ofthe general community. I hose will be theparents of a large portion of the generationto com,e. These children ; the children ofignorance and poverty; are almost every-where growing up as such, and as su-J- i willbe bequeathed to the state to deal with asit best may. Upon this class our educationalmeans are producing small impression. Thegreat mass of them being themselves, unin-structc- d,

have no adequate feeling of thevalue of instruction, and their great aimseems to be, to convert their children into asource of profit as soon and as largely as possible. The school is evaded, that the merestpittance may be gained from the field or thefactory. Let these grossly untaught multitudes come to be only in a slight degree moreformidable than at present, and let any strongblight come upon our means of subsistenceor upon our means of employment, and to thehunger-bitte- n millions of Ireland we mayhave to add an equal number in the samestate of maddened wretchedness in England;and before such an insurgency, the power ofthe strongest government may be as nothingand in an hour when we think not, a woundmay be inflicted on our national greatness,from which recovery will be impossible. Topursue our present course is to end thus toperish, as all great empires before us haveperished, our ignorance and our vices havingbecome stronger than our knowledge and ourvirtues.

No avoidable delays out to be permitted inadopting a remedy for such dangers. Nowthat the evil has become an acknowledgedone, no time should be lost in providing acure. The day for idle discussion discus-sion tending only to disagreement is goneby. There has been enough of that already ;

but now that men have ceased to believe inthe infallibility of mere systems, and a morecatholic reliance upon human integrity in theindividual has taken its place, is the propertime to span the chasm which has hithertodivided adverse denominations, and to estab-lish a lofty and neutral ground on which allparties may unite upon fair and equal terms.

As before remarked, the necessity of men-

tal and moral training is no longer a question ;

that is satisfactorily settled: the how only iswanting. The inquiry how far it lies withinthe province of Government to supply thewant and to redeem the necessity is still con-

sidered an open inquiry. It is upon thisquestion that the validity if it can lie said tohave any or Mr. Baines's second propositionrests. It is obvious, that in order to con-

vince Mr. Baines of the untcnablencss of hispremises and the unsoundness of his conclus-ions it would be necessary to institute inves-

tigation into the origin of government and intothe constitutional law of this country, bothquestions on which almost infinite variety ofj

- - :i j r. u:u i

opinion prevails aim nuiii which nu sausiau'tory result could follow. But there are certain maxims of legislation established by longexperience and generally recognized, whichare of universal application and which involve the first principles of all true systemsof government. A glance at these may as-

sist in solving the problem. First the objectpreservation of order that opportunity

may be given for the free development of theindividual. Whatever tends to violate thisorder crime, violence, rebellion it becomes a duty to repress. Alike in the severest and most democratic system of politicallaw, the right of the Government to arrestthe progress of these disturbing elements whilevet. in the. incipient state.....is uroaaty

irecogni.

zed; ana moreover, its auty to cnueavour 10

discover, and to remove ty legislation, tnecauses which originate the disturbing forcesis peremptorily insisted on. How then canignorance the great weii-spn- ng oi crimeand disorder be considered as beyond thesDhcrc of induence ? The power that canpunish may reasonably be considered competent to prevent the necessity oi punisnmeniwhere such prevention is possible, the moreespecially where it would be cheaper, as it is

always wiser and more humane, so to do.Mr. Serjeant Adams stated, at the MiddlesexSessions, on the '27th of Jan. " that last year&jfj persons were convicted in his court, andthat the property stolen by them was wonnabout 150; the prosecutions cost 5o0, andthe maintenance of the prisoners jETfJG, thetotal of which was about 1,200; which sumwould have provided them with a good edu--

cation; an education, let us aaa, wnicnmight have saved these persons from the civilcrime and moral degradation ofdelinquency.Society owes to itself, if not to the poor crim

inal, the duty of endeavouring by all legiti-mate means to check the tendency to dishon-esty and crimes of deeper dye. The punish-ment of the offender, and the expense to thenation of that punishment, make but a smallportion of the evil. The precedent cause ofjthat punishment is a wrong already done, andin the cost of crime not included. The in-

nocent must have suffered before the lawsteps in not to rectify the wrong but to re-venge it. Prevention, therefore, operatestwo ways; in each of which society is bene-fitted. That a better education of the peo-ple would diminish crime, no man ; save fora party purpose; will now deny. All prisonand penitentiary statistics, rightly read, com-bine in establishing a relation, more or lessuniform, between ignorance and crime; andthis single fact furnishes a stronger argumentfor State interference in the education of thepeople than any conceivable number of the-

ories not based on facts equally well sub-stantiated. , ';,

But it is urged that it would be impoliticin a free nation to invc&t in the hands of theExecutive a power that may be used in form-

ing and controlling that public opinion whichit is itself governed, and to which it is res-ponsible. Those who make this objectionforget that this " opinion" is the dominantpower in the state, and that it would controlthe Executive just as completely when thatExecutive should be charged with the in-

spection of education as it docs now. Theyforget, too, that public opinion is strong onlyinasmuch as it is intelligent; and that thegreater the intelligence of the people themore omnipotent will become its opinion.They assume, besides, that the primarylearning of the school is the education of theman; whereas it is but the possiblity of it.It is no more education than a fount of typeis knowledge ; it is only the means of makingit.. The political education of the citizencommence when he enters the world. Then,every event is a lesson; every transaction auexperience; and all that the school teachingdoes or can bestow is the faculty to comprehend and ate the knowledge thus acquired. 1 he importance and value of schooleducation consists in its being a means, notan end ; in its being a passport through therealms ol intellect, not the realms themselves,It is feared that opinion may be unduly influenced by the teacher : this fear implies amisconception of the effect of mental trainingon the human mind, the moral tendency otwhich is toward antagonism, not towardsunity. A highly intellectual people wilalways have' a great diversity of opinion.I he more men think, the more distinct andindependent become their judgements. Ignorance only is capable of unity of opinion.To give a fixed and uniform direction to thethoughts of a free and instructed people is athing impossible. Despotism knows thiswell, and therefore hates knowledge. Ajust administration would have much to hope,an unjust one everything to fear, from an enlightened constituency. In this country, theExecutive can do nothing save with the sanetion of the majority; and should an arbitrarygovernment attempt to exercise an improperinfluence over the establishments for nationaleducation, the remedy lies still with the people.

There is, then; no valid objection to theState taking the initiative in this importantoffice. But the primary education so givenshould he perfectly neutral. Because thenation in its collective capacity determinesto instruct . its children in the rudiments olknowledge, it is not necessary that it shallteach them the politics of party or the religionof sect. Much of what is essential and cle- -mcntarv rhav be universally taught. In thewide spheres of science, of art, and of litera-ture generally, sectarians may meet for mutual benefit, without a perpetual jostling oftheir respective creeds.

"Many dissenters," says Dr. Vaughan,"imagine that to admit that voluntaryismshould not be exclusively rehed upon ingiving general instruction to children, would bevirtually to admit that it should not be so relied upon in giving religious instruction tothe people. ' But the parallel is a fiction.The consequence does not follow. Nor shallwe, in my humble judgement, succeed insighting ourselves as a nation, until we comewiser thinking on the subject until we learn

..ato separate with a discnmation wnicn wehave not hitherto brought to the task, between man as a citizen and man as a Christian. In his former rapacity he has a rightto much more than it is our manner to concede to him. This is one of the points onwhich I trust the principles worked out in

the New World are destined to act as theseed of regeneration upon the Old. TheUnited Statas have solved this problem.They arc now holding out illustration and

." a- - a aproof to all the nations ol Europe ana ot tneglobe, that a state-aide- d education may notonly exist along with a free press, a free pul-

pit, and a free Christianity, but that it maybe found experiment to be the most naturalguarantee of such freedom."

We would carefully guard against discus-

sing this question in the spirit of party. Weregard it rather as a social than as a politi

cal problem; but as Mr. Baines and thenartv. be it large or small, which has adopted him for its organ have chosen to considerit in connexion with political principles, we

may remark that the imperous demand for

popular education w hich has suaaeniy arisenis a development of the times a new idea in

the sociul system a great state necessitywhich must be met, and tor wnicn, u merebe no provision in the constitutional law orin the present order of things, provision must

be made. The law can provide only for thatwhich it can foresee. As the framers of theEnglish constitution could not contemplate

the necessity which has now arisen, it

must be obvious that the present legislature

has full power to deal with it as it shall con-

sider prudent and praticable. AH argumentfrom precedent in questions of morals w be-

hind the intelligence of the times. The le-

gal right, as well as the moral duty, of Gov-

ernment to undertake this additional respon-

sibility is unassailable. The only point that

may be considered still at issue is that of re--

INo. lt.lative efficiency in fke Voluntary ant! Ifatiuoal systems. With a proAiand respect formany promoter of the voluntary principle,and a cordial appreciation of the food whichit has effected, we confeaa that every year'sexperience proves its inadequacy to the greatwork requiring to be done. Besides,system it has faults which detract from itvalue very materially when in operation.On this subject we will quote a pregnant pas-sage from Mr. DuftoV clever pamphlet,Xntumal Education, vkml it ia, and trAai itshould bt :

" There arc many defect inherent in vol-

untaryism, when it stands alone and by itself;and we should therefore desire it to be com-bined with something additional and extrinsicto itself which would rrmedy ita defect amisecure Hs efficiency. Vofontary ism wantauthority and it wants direction; dependenton public opinion for snptiorf, it dare not setitself against any prevalent error or suddengust of popular passion. The direction bmisCin mopt cases devolve on those who have sub-scribed most largely, and the amouat of sub-

scription is not always a tore feat either ofcompetency or integrity. There b a dangerthat teachers employed will look rather towinning the favor of patron flan to an ef-

ficient discharge oftheir duties as instructors,and that patrons in making appoffifmeirt maybe influenced more by private considerationthan by public qualifications. National edu-

cation i designed to effect a national advan-tage, in the fruit of which all wf? partici-pate; and it is not quite fair that the gener-ous, the benevolent, and the humane, shouldbe taxed, either by thetnsclvc or others, forthe advantage of the careless or th avarici-ous. Great as is the extent of priv ate ben-

evolence in England, it has been found pos-sible to dispense with poor laws: rntereiftedas we all are in the preservation of our per-sons and our property, we a obliged to lookfor the aid of police force; and with allthe excellence of our Saxon system of juries,no one has yet declared himself an advocatefor a voluntary administration of justice inEngland."

Voluntaryism is sporadic and spasmodicin its activity ; and moreover given to jobbing.Then its total want of organization, --of anestablished method, of verified capacity inthe teacher, of unity of operation all tendto complicate the process of instruction andto render it expensive and unsatisfactory.It is of the utmost importance that education-al efforts should not be subjected to the al-

ternations of fierce activity and sluggish re-

pose which now characterize them. A greatnational organization only can five to theseeffort a permanent vitality. The Slate alonepossesses the means of greatly improving thequality of the instruction given setting asideprivileged incompetence and enforcing inevery department a strict and faithful dis-

charge of the onerous duties of the publicteacher. ithencevm.

Sincular Fact. In the last report of thePennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, thefollowing interesting fact is stated. A pa-

tient, advanced in life, of athletic and extra-ordinary activity and ingenuity, was regard-ed as particular dangerous, from the vio-

lence of bis mental excitement. He requir-ed constant watching, and despite of all pie-cautio-

ns,

he availed himself of every oppor-tunity of concealing during the day, articleswhich he would spend the night in fabrica-ting into dangerous weapons. I le was even-

tually discovered picking up in his dailywalks materials which he formed into roughtools with which he was found repairing oldshoes. 1 his afforded a hint lo hi attendingphysician, and having exacted a prumice fromthe patient that he would not use them furthe injury of any person, he furnished bintwith a complete set of shoe-make- r's tools,knives awls, hammers, ke He seemed de-

lighted with the privilege, and with the confi-

dence reposed in his promise, and imediatelyset to work, having two or three of the pa-

tients as bis assistants, and from the strictdecorum which he aflcrwards evinced, neverin a single instance gave reason lor regret atthe indulgence allowed him. The regularemployment had a most wholesome influenceon his mental disease, and he is now in thebosom of his family, fully restored to reason,after being deranged lor three years. Thisexample may serve to show the judgementwith which the insane are treated in this ad-

mirable institution. They are not regardedas madmen to be dreaded, but in a kind andsympathizing spirit they are dell with, andfew are so bereft of reason, as not to be sensible of such treatment. The patients arefurnished with the means of reading, amus-

ing themselves in several way, have musicalentertainments, a good library, and duringthe last year originated among themselvesnewspaiier, containing original articles, manyof which savs the physician, " would cnn--

favourably with much of Ihe periodicalfiare of the day!"

How must it gladden the heart of everyphilanthropist to see these humane changein the treatment of persons labouring tinderso dreadful a malady ! The elTi ct or it hasbeen proved in the increased number of itsradical cures. Jrrfrjfmn.

Fkmai.b Edccatioi. Bnllisnt talent.graces of person, and a confirmed intrepidity.ind a continual habit ot displaying iseae es.

is all that is aimed at mine edtf- -ration of eirla: the virtues that make domestic life happy, the sober and useful qualitiesthat make a moderate fortune and a retiredsituation comfortable, are never inculcatedDim would be let) to imagine, bv the common modes of female education, that life ron-sist- ed

of on universal holiday, and that thennlv contest was. who shall be best enabledto excel in the sports and games that were lebe celebrated on it.

POCTRT Or THE AKCItXT BftlAl.. It VMamong the loveliest customs of the ancientsto bury the young at morning twilight; for,as they strove to give the softest inttrpt elation to death, so they imagined that Aurora.who loved the young, had stolen tbem to herembrace.

1S2

THE POLYNESIAN.HONOLULU, SATURDAY. MARCH SI.

t&-- If we are not under a misapprehension,

there is a feeling amongst the foreigners scatter

ed over this group and participated in by those

resident in Honolulu, that something might or

ou"ht to be done to render the execution of the

duties devolving by law upon the several Gover-

nors f islands more expeditious, business-lik- e

and wire.'' Aud certainly those high officers have

it so much in their power to facilitate the opera

lions of individuals and to encourage the gen

eral "improvement of the country, that the pub-

lic may 'well look at them and their acts with no

common Interest. In the index to the 3d Kame

hameha III. the Jist of transactions to be per- -

formed by the Governors occupies four pages, so

those who have not a law-boo- k by Uiem win

easily understand tbey must be rather numerous,

Many and perhaps roost of them are of a foreign

form and.comrdexion, difficult m the eyes of those

who have hitherto been unfamiliar with the way

in which similar designs and details are carried

out elsewhere, and fifty times more so to our

Governors' in consequence of the people gener

ally being not only unacquainted with, but unin

terested in them. For now that the burden and

toil and oppression and hunger and fear atten

dant upon the system have been removed, the

natives talk approvingly of the ancient regime,

because it called for a very slight exercise of in

dividual responsibility on the part of the serfs

and required but little precision and attepdance

to formularies. Tbey forget that precision and

form take place among the guarantees which

tbey possess for a ce of the inflic-

tions first mentioned. . .

Now to say that the Governors are not at pre

sent what they might be, is to advance nothing

to their disparagement, unless they hold with

the doctrine of innate ideas and those on every

subject. We doubt ifany one ever came into the

world with his own original impressions on the

propriety of citing before him parties affected by

the construction of roads, highways and bridges,

nr rwpiv'mT written instructions respecting dis- -a - " O -

cretionary duties, or diminishing the local per-

quisites of the health officer under his contract,

or his power to affix the approximate amount,

number and value of animals or household pro-

perty for taxation purposes. Ami therefore ac-

cording to our idea of things it would not be de-

rogatory to the Governors but quite the reverse,

if some temporary steps were takeu to assist

them in the discharge of their really arduous du-

ties, for the result would be to make them more

efficient and their office more respected. .

o. At the same time the matter is hampered with

one or two considerations of a delicate nature.

It is possible some persons may think that the

native chiefs while they acknowledged, as tbeyinvariably do, their obligations to the foreigners

who take part with them in the administration ofaffairs, might possibly feel a little chagrined to

think that even their Governors were not yet

quite up to the mark. This however, could not

almost, amount to more than a first impression,

for a moments reflection would show them thething in its true colors. ' Another consideration

is perhaps ofmore weight, though even it is lightenough. ''The foreigners who hold office under

the Government are often called (by foreignerslike themselves, no matter for what purpose)

usurpers and other kindred terms.They are represented as birds of prey bent onfeathering their own nests. Heaven only knowswhether those who sing this song are not a sortof political cuckoo,' appearing only when the

winter is past and every thing looks sunny andpleasant, and less anxious as ornithologists say,

to feather their own, than to step into nests al- -

. ready feathered by others. It is not long sincethe King was recommended to set the wholebrood flying, and retrograde of course to the good

old times of but perhaps you have heardabout the good old times. Under these circum-

stances then it may be felt by some to be rathera delicate business to recommend the organiza-tion of new offices to be filled by foreigners, lesttbey should be misrepresented as so many newlinks in the chain forged by the white advisers.- The foreigners, however, want law, tbey want

' regularity, they want dispatch in public business.Without these they say they cannot succeed asindividuals nor can the country prosper. Thenatives on the other hand, weary of the smalloppressions of their petty officers, and pray for atime when, the latter will be more closely watch-

ed. In the meanwhile the Governors are tryingto : understand the law. Kneedeep in formswhich their fathers knew not, they lack time toattend to their various duties. The book is be-

fore tbem, but were they asked as to whetherthey understood it, we think they would be in-

clined to answer as he did who was of great au-

thority 'ouder Queen Candacc: How can we,except some one should guide us? and like himdesire those willing to assist, to come up and sitvith them. ;

This much is certain that lands are being dis-

posed of to-- foreigners and the country will soonbo dotted with homesteads. If then you conferrights upon these foreigners, you mast see thatnothing' hinders or clogs the exercise of thoserights.' ' If you are convinced that the prosperityof the islands demands the introduction of a lim-

ited number of foreigners and wish their houses,their plantations and their industry to be lookedupon by the natives as examples for themselves,you must facilitate their operations. And youcan not do this more effectually, through anysingle measure than by furnishing each governor w ith a foreign assistant, call him what youmay. tio matter though it should find no favorin the eyes of an or two who are used to speakfor themselves and countrymen, yet differ at leaston this point it is enough for you to seek theircountrymen's solid good in common with that ofour compatriots.

. Fox, CALiroBHi. The fever to be offfor theV gold diggins" begins to run somewhat high, but

it has not yet reached the $1 50 " chalk mark,"sure bign that rtaton still holds the sway andhas not been dethroned. The fever touches the

$100 mark, without appearing to affect the pa

tients, but wbeu it gets over that, cold water on

the head night aud morning is recommended.

' CO. The large collection of Books now offered

for sale at this office, will be packed up the fore

part of next week, for California. . ;

THEItems of Aews.

William A. Hall, of Missouri, has been appointed by the President of the U.CS., Associate

Justice of the Supreme Court of the U. S., for

the Territory of Oregon, in place of the Ilonorable James Taney, who declined the office.

Kintzin? rritchctt of Pcnn., to be Secretary

for the Territory of Oregon.

Win. P. Bryaut of la., to be Chief Justice of

the Supreme Court of the United States for the

Territory of Oregon.Peter H. Burnet of Oregon, to lie an Associate

Justice of the Supreme court of the United States

for the Territory of Oregon.Isaac W. R. Bromley of N. Y. to be Attorney

of the United States for the District of Oregon.

Joseph L. Meek of Oregon, to be Marshal of

the United States for the District of Oregon.

John Adair of Ky , to be Collector of the Port

for the District of Oregon, in the Territory of

Oregon.

Francis H. Merriman, Attorney of the United

States for the District of Texas, in the place of

G. W. Brown, deceased.

Gen. Taylor has been elected an honorary

nmhor nf the " Newton Liters rv Institute," ofBaltimore.

The U. S. frigate St. Lawrence, Capt. Pauld

ing, is under sailing orders. She will go first to

Bremen, thence to the Baltic, if the season will

permit, and finally to the Mediterranean, where

she will remain as the flag ship.

The Rev. Joseph Porter and two sons, of the

Lodiana Mission, Northern India, under the care

of the Presbyterian Board, arrived at Philadel

phia on the 22d Sept., in the ship Wyoning, from

Liverpool.

Amongst the persons who perished in theOcean Monarch, were Mr. Beacon, master ofthe workhouse of St. Luke's, London, and Mrs.

Walter, the parish school-mistres- s, both marriedpersons, who had eloped together, both leavinglarge families behind them.

The President has recognized Edmund A,G rattan as consul of her Britannic Majesty forthe state of Massachusetts, to reside at Boston.

Rev. Daniel Poor, D. D , and his wife, missionaries of tli American Board in Ceylon, arrived in New York on the 25th Sept.

A new freight depot is now in progress of erection at East Albany, N. Y., for the Albany andBoston railroad company, 750 feet in length by

133 feet iu wedth. It is supposed that 1,300,000

bricks will be required in its construction, andthe coast will be $100,000.

The President has officially recognized E. S.Benson of Boston, as vice consul of Sweden andNorway, for Maiue, Massachusetts, and NewHampshire.

The first of the new decimal coins has justbecin completed in England. It is a two-shilli-

piece, bearing the profile of the Queen on theobserver.

All widows of revolutionary soldiers marriedprevious to 1800, are hereafter to draw ensions.

A new history of England, from the truce ofJames II., by Thomas Babington Macaulay, is

in the press.

The London Litterary Gazette says that Dr.Simpson, of Glasgow, has discovered that guttapercha, dissolved in chloroform, is an excellentstyplic for dressing cuts aud wounds. This dis-

covery was made some six months since, by ahighly respectable physician in this vicinity, andwas communicated to the public through the medium of our paper.

George Folliot Hopkins, Esq., formerly ofNew York, died recently at Rahway, N. J.,aged 79 years. He was a practical printer, apublisher, and at one time a man of large pro-

perty. He was a partner of Dr. N. Webster inthe publication of the Commercial Advertiser,and was greatly esteemed.

The Scotch Reformers' Gazette traces thephrase "true blue" to the Covenanters, who as-

sumed the color in obedience to the followingprecept, in the law of Moses : " Speak to thechildren of Israel, and tell them to make to them-selves fringes on the borders of their garments,putting in them ribbons of blue.' "

Mr. Corcoran, who proceeded to England forthe purpose of effecting a sale of U. S. Government stocks, writes that he has no doubt of sell-

ing $5,000,000 of the Government loans to theBarings, and Overend, Gurney & Co.

Pens made of bones are now in use in England, and sell at the rate of fifty for twenty-tw- o

cents. 1 hey are pronounced to be as flexible asthe quill, and far more durable.

Upon the Mississippi river and its tributarystreams, are now about five hundred steamboats,with capacity to carry at one trip near two hundred thousand tons. Assuming that these boatswill make an average of thirty-si- x trips in theyear, tbey would transport seven millions twohundred thousand tons.

Rev. Mr. Prentiss, of New Bedford, has beenelected to the professorship of Natural and Revealed Religion in Bowdoin College, Brunswick,Me.

Judge Conrad, of Philadelphia, has won theprize of $1000 offered by Forrest for the bestoriginal tragedy.

At Munich and several other places in Germany, a mark is daced on the bat ofany gentle-man who subscribes a certain sum for the benefit

of the poor, or the establishment of a Germanfleet. He is then considered to be exemptedfrom taking offbis hat as a mark of respect andpoliteness, and oecd only touch its brim with hisfinger.

Capt. Prentiss, of the 1st U. S. Artillery, diedof yellow fever, at New Orleans on the 22ndoept.

The N. Y. Tribune states that a letter hasbeen received from Mr. Bancroft, U. S. Ministerin England, giving strong reasons to hope thatbefore long a satisfactory international Postagelaw win tie established with Great Britain.

The Missionary Herald for Sept. says, thereceipts of the American Board for Foreign Mis-sions, for the financial year endine 31st Julv last.from all sources, amounted to Theexpenditures during the same period were 8232.- -3S0; and the delt, on the 1st Aug., 1317, was

SI,6I6. Hence the balance against the treasuryon the 1st or Aug., 184S, was 59,890.

, Thomas Flynn, a well known comic actor,died Sept. 6, in the New York Hospital.

POLYNESIAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, I84i).

A Lieut, in the British Navy has invented a

Peril Indicator," to show when steamers or

other ships are running into shoal water. vThe

apparatus consists of two bars, which project ten

feet below the keel of the vessel; and, as soon asthese bars touch the ground, they spring up on a

level with the keel and ring a bell, which warns

the engineer that he must reverse the engine and

drive the ship astern.

Mr. Struve has exhibited in England, a model

ofa low pressure atmospheric Railway, in which

the propulsive power is to be gained by compres-

sing instead of by exhausting the air. By em-

ploying a large area of tube and a low pressure,it is expected by Mr. Struve that the practical

difficulties which attend the ordinary atmospheric

railway may be avoided. The cost of this kind

of atmospheric railway apparatus is estimated atabout 7000 per mile.

The Bradford (Eng.) Observer, contains an

advertisement, . beaded " Matrimony," from

which we make the followipg extract : " Twogentlemen, about to emigrate to South Australia,are desirous of meeting with partners in theirfuture life. They are members of the establish-

ed church, and they would not wish the ladies'ages to exceed twenty-fiv- e years. A few hund-

red pounds are decidedly requisite !"

A man in New Orleans was invited by a drink-

ing companion, a stranger, to join in robbing astore; to which he pretended to assent, and found

it to be kit own! He agreed to the plan, watch-

ed for the thief, and nabbed him.

Thousands of wise men and women at St.

Louis witnessed the feat of a roan in that city,who climbed up a Liberty Pole 220 feet high and

set the American flag on top. The cause of thevast concourse ofspectators was, a report that bewould haul the pole up after Aim

The New Orleans Delta says several cases ofhydrophobia have been cured in that city bychloroform.

A correspondent of the Eastport Sentinel,

(Me.,) says that a company of gentlemen from

Boston are at work with an apparatus inventedby a gentleman who belongs to Boston. Theoerator has to descend to the depth of one hundred and twenty feet from the surface, where heis enabled to remain one hour, or longer, as theoccasion may require and freely converse,

through a tube, to the distance of two hundredfeet.

The Prince de Joinville, who" has his father'ssagacity in money matters, without his over-graspi- ng

avarice, is investing his means in U. S.stock. For one item he has lately bought $20,-00- 0

of New York stock, in his own and wife'sname. So says the New York Sun.

The New Orleans Bulletin asserts, on verygood authority, that " there does not exist in the

whole of Mexico, at this time, a single unpaiddebt contracted by any one of the officers of theU. S. regular army." This is most honorable.

The Rev. Dr. Junkin, of Pennsylvania, hasaccepted the Presidency of Washington College,

Lexington, Ya.

M. Bonnafout of Paris a military surgeon, gavean account before the British Academy of Scien

ces, at a recent session, of a method used by him

in cases of deafness, to discover whether thenerve of sound has lost all its susceptibility. Hehas ascertained that the skull is a good conduc-

tor of vibration, and that if it be struck by vibra-

ting objects, the nerve of the ear is acted uponwhenever its susceptibility has not been entirely

destroyed.

Mrs. Jencks, wife of Rev. E. N. Jencks, Missionary from Siam, died on board the ship Valparaiso on her passage from Canton to New-Yor- k

city on the 27th of June, in lat. 32 S. long.14 E.

Rev. Wm. Ireland and wife, sailed from Bos

ton the 14th Oct., as Missionaries of the Ameri-

can Board to the Zulus of South Africa.

It is stated that the Rev. Dr. Stone of Brook

lyn, New York has recently inherited, through

his son by a former wife, by the death of an

English geutleman named Morrison, an estate of$400,000.

During the last eighteen years, the streets ofLondon have increased 200 miles in length, nearly a mile a month.

J. K. Evans, a well known merchant of Phil

adelphia, while entering bis name .at the city

hotel, in New York, Sept. 7th, fell dead. Hisdeath was caused by apoploxy.

A hew Mission CoMFAitr, including elevenCongregationalists or Presbyterians, and eightBaptists, sailed Oct. 10, from Boston for differentstations in Southern India. Tho number of for-

eign Missionary laborers now under the care ofthe American Board, is about 570, and under thecare of the Northern Baptist Union, about 270,requiring for carrying out their plans of Chris-

tian Philanthropy annual contributions from thechurches of about $400,000.

The Mobile Tribune states that a cotton fac

tory, with a capital of $50,000, is about to beerected in that city. The necessary amount,within a thousand dollars, has been subscribed.

The Boston Atlas of Oct. 16th announces thedecease of Jeremiah Mason and William Law-

rence, two of the oldest and most venerated citizens of the city of Boston.

The Superior Court of the United States, in acase which was carried to that tribunal from oneof the courts of South Carolina, decided that U.S. Stocks are not taxable by States, and UnitedStates Treasury Notes came within the scope ofthat decision. Chief Justice Marshall deliveredthe opinion of the court.

The Lexington (Ky.) Atlas brings us thedeath, on the 5th Aug. of Gen. James Shelby,son of the late Gov. Isaac Shelby. Gen. S. wasaged about 65 years, and was one of the mostwealthy and respectable citizens of Fayettecounty.

The Common Council of the city of NewYork has voted to confer the freedom of the city,in a gold box, upon Fredrick Jerome, the heroicseaman, through whose instrumentality numbersof lives were saved from the burning OceanMonarch. .

The U. S. frigate Brandwine, CommodoreStorer, arrived at Rio Janeiro, Aug. 19, fromPernambuco.

We learn from the New York Tribune, thatMr. Jas. Bergen, the American " sympathiser,"now ia prison in Belfast, Ireland, has writtenhome, that he will probably soon be released.

GEN. ZACIIARY TAYLOR.Our latest dates from the United State, ren-

ders it certain that Gen. Taylor has Item circled

President. It may not ! uninteresting to

our readers to erue an account of the sir-vic- es

and character of one who has thus

been raised to ihc highest office in the gilt of the

American people. The following article is from

the National Inflligenccr. the leading Whigpaper ut Washington, and although it may U'

termed political in its character, ami was writ-

ten during the Presidential contest, still ourreaders can make all due allowances for this,

nnd at the same time form a good idea of his

intellectual worth and ability:It is not to be denied that, but for the splendor

of General Taylor's military achievements inthe Mexican war, bin name would prohaMynever have been brought forward in connexionwith the office of President. But fr the eventsof that war, the knowledge of his rare andmodest merit might have been confined, aw dur-ing his prior unobtrusive career of public ser-

vice, almost exclusively to those who have beenassociated with him in the ordinary routine ofmilitary duty. The public attention was, itmust be admitted, for the first timo, generallyattracted to him by the eclat f the great bat-

tles fought under his command near ihc KioGrande. Ho may be said indeed in hate thenalmost literally first discovered h inn-el- f to hiscountrymen in a blaze of glory; of such gloryas the multitude has the most lively appreciationof, but upon w hich humane mid intelligent men,aloof from the multitude, nl-- o know how toplace a projier value, w hen it is accompanied asin the case of those battles. Ir service the mostimportant to the country, imd by iter-MM-i- char-acteristics solidly good, solier, high. The newof the first successes on the Kio Grande, allbrilliant as those successes were, made the decii--

cr and more universal impression on tin publicmind, from llieir succeeding a painful appre-hension, which hail for some dav bung over ir,of the arinv's Jwing hemmed in by a superiorMexican force, cut off from its supplier, andnerhans connulled to retreat, if not to capilulate. The echo to that news resounding fromthe mountains nud valleys of the West, gnieback to the Gulf of Mexico the name of Zacln- -ry Taylor, accompanied by a spontaneous out-

burst in his favor as a candidate for the Presi-dency.

The popular passion for military glory had,tneretore, mucn to do vvitu m winging in otn.Taylor into the presence of the oplc, as itwere, and directing their attention towards himas one wortbv of beimr clothed with the highesthonor in their rift. In" a word, had he not foughtthose great battles, we are ready to allow thai hewould not have been, as he now is, the candi-date of the Whigs, as well a of some not ng

to that parly, for the office of Presidentof the United Stales. His military exploitsbrought him prominently into public notice.The fame of them will doubles have securedto him no small proportion of the votes whichhe will receive at the approaching election. Butit is to other considerations, appreciated by civilians even more than bv men of war; to a knowledge of the personal qualities, the soundness ofjudgment and rectitude oi purpose, n.i.ij unionsto the highest civil employment, hit h his brie

ry conspicuous position lias cnaoioi i ,ieof every part of the country to recognize in him,that he will be indebted for his eb;ation to thehighest seat of human ambition, the Presidencyof the United States.

Though we have uevcr, that we know of, metGen. Taylor face lo fare, he is jet a very oldacquaintance of ours. It is ju.t six ami thirtyvears a"o. at the moment when the heart of the

o . . . .....country was depressed ly Hull s surremier oibis army at Detroit, that news was receiver inthis city of the successful defence of Fort Har-rison by General (then Captain) Zarhary Tay-lor, against a vastly siierior force of Indians,under circumstances w hich rendered resistancealmost hoH'less, but which the then yo'ing butindomitable courase and energy of our Captainenabled him to overcome. 1 he effect of thisnews was such as can hardly lie realized at thepresent day, when the imagination has e

familiar with war on a grainier wale; but itturned ihe whole current of public feehns atonce, aud inspired new conlidence in the abilityof our arms to maintain the defence of the thenfeeble and sparely populated frontier. I orthis gallant exploit --Mr. Madison- - conferred onyoung Taylor the Brevet of Major, the firstbrevet conferred in Ihe war oi lsii, ami nowthe oldest in the army.

From that dav the uam5 of Tajlor has everheld a secure place in our memory, though ithad not, until the time of his taking charge ofthe "Army of Observation," often met ourview. We knew, however, that during thewholo lime he was almost always utmn hardduty, and performed it well; esjecially in theharassing Black Hawk war, ami in inc. normawar; in which last he distinguished himself noless by his gallantry and by bis success in batile,than by a personal deportment w hich acquiredfor him the attachment of all who served withhim.

Passing over the intermediate part of hismilitary career, we must hasten to the periodwhen his orders from the war departmentplaced him in command in a w ider field, andcharged him with duties the execution of w hiehbrought him at once in full view lfurc ns. Werefer, of course, to the t ime of his assuming I hecommand of the forces gathered together ostensibly to protect the frontier of 1 exas, lut ed

afterwards to a more active ami dangerousservice.

Let us pay our first reiects to him in his en-

campment at Corpus Cbristi, some weeks afterit was established, on a sandy bearh of threemiles in length, without a tree or a shrub toward off" the noon-da- y rays of an almost verti-

cal sun. On approaching the head-quart- er ofthe General, consisting of a single wall teut,one is struck with the simple ami severe soldier-like aspect of all its surroundings. On visitingthe General, we are met by a frank hearty wel-

come from one w hose simplicity of attire wouldnot have designated him, in the groupe fromwhich he issues, as the Commander of the gal-

lant little army. This, however, is GeneralTaylor. The first interview with him convincesyou that he is a kind-heart- ed gentleman. " all ofthe olden time;" an impression which everyday's further intercourse would have confirmed,with the additional conviction of his franknessand decision of chnracter.

As the season advanced and the temperatureof the niffbt air liecame cooler, a large " campfire" would blaze forth every evening in front ofthe General's tent, and here might always befound assembled officers from tho highest to ihe;lowest in grade, sometimes in larger and some-times in smaller bodies, seated as lest they could,listening to ami contributing the recitals whichsuch gatherings would naturally call forth. Allwould be welcome, and received with unaffectedgoodnature. This promiscuous and free inter-course would strike you most favorably; for,whilst every man was expected lo do his duty,no one seemed so anxious in the hours of relax-ation to promote the comfort ami happiness ofall as the Commanding General. How will besucceed can be best answered by the fact, that,during the entire campaign, no one of " the OldGuard" was ever heard to speak of the Generalotherwise than in terms of friendship. To thesick he was uniformly kind ami attentive; aminoofficer had the misfortune lo appear on tho sickbt without receiving a visit from the General.The taking possession of Corpus Cbristi wasthe first art in the drama of ibis war; and, thisfirst movement having liecn lost sijhl of in themore stirring events, the credit due to that un-

dertaking has not, we think, been duly awarded.The army, never exceeding four thousandstrong, was hastily gathered together from thefour quarters of the country, ami in small de-tachments, with the exception of the Army ofObservation,' which had been posted near the

Sabine. The tro:.a roiiitiosiag the btrr army,. - i i . , i ....

- - .... - . .. ,,,,and on lo th cily of M-n- eu, W

lrji or ritfh.rrn ibuUMod tor u if 5

aud w.nild ha cost u. tr i..,, "7

H ! .. inly del lo effrct lb , ' '

" through Uca ,ut, wh.Ui ,i mttk' us ci.d.i. si lU mii lime. f,

arriving at . jiw-w- i c, i i "the coast of Trias) lm .m xplored Aranbuy intervening between it ami C mpa- - t 'hrMi j

it was no ea.y matter to hhiv onward; f--r,'

in i ho Imsie ami hurrv ot iu mot norm, mewant of proper boats ami oilier fa ililirs, andthe abMiluto want of knowledge of lUe country,ihe extreme beat of lh climate, lnd wcatlo r,ami a multitude of olMarlesenne in lb k array,to prove that the oratioii was no Iwljdjy p.i.lime.

Decision, indred, and energy and coucage nfno ordinary kind, were called into requisitionComiMimes ami Ictariimeni weir -,i ".as best they could be the landing at Cor pulChristi effected without loss and the nucleus of,

that army forvH-d- , which without oihrr aid,fought and glorowisly won tho Utiles ;. ihe Hih:

ami Jth of ihe following May, the first, ami. iutheir influence, the nnt important fourbl m!.Mexico.

It wasthe energy officii. Tajlor that achieclthis first step.

At Corpus Cbristi the firt object was to or-

ganize a train for the trKctatioii of lha ics

of I bo arm). This object, under thaiinot abl (Quarter Master General, the l.oCol. C'ro, was accomplished wiih all dwpotrh.Mules ami oxen hd lo l found, purrb.od, amibroken to harness, and ihe wrnsol. pro-

cured in Ihe United Mtea. T thw former partr .l: i : t - l 'l'.l....a Lunm.til una m-iii-r- mJ

stnnt Bllrnlmn. and ! no? tit btt r n CVerV

morning, after an earl break fiat, ridm lo lb- .

Ouartermasit-r'- s dciwjlrlo ispeet Ine came ! - ,

fcrrd for sale. F.very roiMnny was exereiM-d- ;

and probnblv no (omur.ary General ever Imda closer eye ihan the of the Am yto the government ourst-airin-gs. Critically cx- -

act ami economical in Ins private uiuirs, meGeneral was no less o with 'those of the government.

il Cornus Chriti for thelu-- nrdi-- r rrnt ltt - : . . . .movement on ihe Km Grande, little tMay en- -

sued e ihe army w is under way. The,hrtijr trains moved up to their restieetive columns j

as d.iy after tl.iy the army was put i" motion, in)the most ami seriiccable order. It wasan inteicsiing

tclaelc, lhat fiial movement of,

the army, after a tlomicilation on the phins of(Corpus Chrisli of some aeven nutoihs. The)hist lent struek tn that occasion waa that f theCommaiidiii; General, he having to ihc lust, assured himself lhat all wasrtphl, ami then I)forced marches reached, 011 the second nightafter its departure, the advanced column, amiled it.

The principal army stores of the Ordnance,(uartermaster, ami Commissariat were trans,ported by sea lo Point Isabel; ami so judiciouswas the cnmboied movement, lhat lh lloldlaand army arrived, as it were, at l he en me mo-

ment: and I he next morning, at dajbeeak, thelatter, with reuewvtl supplies, was cnuhlcd lomove 011 ihe Kio Grande, ami all things arrangedlor the estnblishiiH nt and defence of a frauddejiot nt Point Isiibrl. S well timed Wrre allof the arraiifemctita, ihit mil a moment was loiin carrying out ihc orders of the government.It was a perfect by sea ami byhml.

Wc now approach the acturd scenes of war.Much as has U-e-n said of ihe battles won I yGen. Tavlor in Mexico, ihe oariirulnr objectami cnnseipjt ncrs of those bullies, the judgmenl j

and ihe foresight which dictated, ami ihc tit ei- -ion which executed them, have larrn scarcely

'noticed at all. 'I he cloey uf ihe at hievenientof the army under the Gem ral's command is nilthat seems to have Iweumurh cared for; ibtoi-b- ,

when the actual achievements come lo Is com-

pared with the obstacles overcome and the evilswarded off bv them, it will ! seen lhat the objects aeoinplihtil by lh victories wrrsubstantial as the b.ittl-- s themselves were I nl-lian- t.

In reference to ihe position in which GeneralTaylor is now placed, aboot against will, as acnniliiliite U'fore the ocolde f.r the Chief Mne- -

istr:icv. ihe soundness of indimirlil whir b hellhe.. . . . .

uisplayctl, 011 all .luring tus cauipniguin .viexico, is 01 more inierei o in rounirythan bis gallantry in the field, a quality more orless partaken with him by all the. officers, ami I

nearly nil ihe privntes, Volunteers as well aRegulars, under bis command.

The object of Gen. TajlorV march from FortBrown (m front nf Malamora) tit Point UaUl,111 the oN-nin- of the war, was 10 procure pro-vision for his forces. Ilia determination lomarch kick to Fort llrown (the enemy underArista hating passed the Kio Grande ami pl.icrdhimself between the two parts of our army)was to save the garrison of that fort. With thisresolution. b wrote lo the War Oepnrtmcnl,under date of the th of May, that he waa alsiutto set out on bis return lo Fort ISrown, ami thnt.if the Mexicans npMsrd his march, in whateverforce, he should tight them. On that march.the following day, he did meet them at PahAlto, and beat them. All knew that the mille twould not end there, ami lhat another conflictmut lake place before the object of the marchwis effected. Iloubis were enteriainetl by manyof the officers in (Jen. Tuj lor'e army alsut theability of so small a force to ad vanes' safelyagainst so l.irge a one of ihe enemy. The ob-

ject of the march, the salvation oi the g.irrisonof Fttrt Drown, outweighed in the General'srtiml every consideration of danger. The ad-

vance was determined upon, Ihe Imtile of Ke- -secca lought ami won, Ihe garrison nf r orilirown rescued, and thti adimmarration savnlfrom disgrace. For it is much Is? tioubirdwhether, had Gen. Taylor faileil on the KioGrande hail his army hern destroyed or com-(wile- d

to rapitubtte w heiher an army of suffi-cient force could have been as easily raised iuthe I'nitetl States to face Ihe Mexicans, flushedwifli victory, with Santa Ana (a General ofnever failing resources ami energy) at llieirhead, as it could Is, after Tajlor' glorious vie.lories, when the whole country was inspirited jthem, ami all lhat our Volunteers hail to do wasto pi lo Mexico ami laka a share in them, lintfor these early aucrmsrs), tho result of Taj lor 'sriqht judgment ami resolute w ill, ihe Mexicanwur might have been a aeries ef disasters, in-stead of the unbroken succession of victoriesthat it was.

After these bailies, ami biscamp opMstte Matamocts, lien. Tavlor, wnh asmall escort, returned lo Point laU I lo meetCom. Conner ami that tortion of his squadronlhat had 011 laml tet with the dt t.tcli-me- nt

left for the defence of Point Isabel; and itwas oil this occasion lhat was manifested ihcfirst evidence of that enthusiastic ft cling ds

ihe General which afterwards filled somany breasts.

A point of etiquette arose as to the roprieiyfor he would nut arrive until after foiMi of

receiving Ihe General with any deiooostratiousof joy. Hut this was no lime for etiquette. Hisapproach bail been bcraklad, ami already theparapcU were lined wnh Jack tar, cai r foethe first ghuie of the old llem; ami, as he

hove in silu,' or rather became tangible, for itwas too dark to see, tho ioolaneous ami heart-felt cheers of the ' ciMiibiioil lorcesas one voice,proclaimed that be 'was first In the hearts' ntboe who greeted him.

The General was really overcome lr this unexpected dein-Mtstratio- ami, as be sat in lhrude MeXH-H- it hut to which he had le-e-n con-tliicte-

aurrouudcl by all who could squTjriheirway lo his presence, never was seen amore truthful tcrinifiealion of imtilesty. eseem.il brooding over some sad event, ralin-- r

than claletl at his own great deeds. The sailorssurrounded his quarters, ami it it dooMlulwhether there Was one of those five hundredbrave fellows who did mt shake b in by ihehand. Ilia stay on this visit was short; IhiI beimproveil ihu lo visit ami cheer up thewnumletl, ami to direct all lhat ri.uM U- - done tomake them romfonablf.

'1 bo General returned In Mutamora as quiet,ly and as unostcntatioudy as be catoe. It waathere that be received the dcpulxiion fnon lu-isian- a

to eousratuUto him uhmi the battles hehad won. lint no rratulatious seenieil in the

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ii,iii..i.,iiv iruHf in, ; nil ifrom I he lir.t lo ll.n U.l, HhI a) lor. ir.t r tlte M lr f pj,, i

liefer .i, Hie A.lmmi.i ..n..,im.'Ury r !..,i, ., u r i.mr.l to iM.

. mmhj .m.h.i.i,.Mi.' erli.i Ihrrel y lo f.rn. J nU.u: Jv'

o h terms a llwy should iM i.!i..After Ihc C4 lure ,f ttiat rny, k.m

III l ihe Mr lir.ins were yi--H

sue for slri.ke I hi- - c;, itj,'""oll !,oiii l'iitii-- 1, Mm ltiei4tr,. II.J'

b-i-n been earned out, II WnoUl La 1

lucndni! military blunderwas it not I list our Mibla I .1

"7 .iriMiway 111 noir ri.rtcr, aj, iuf rrris)iullrd the aid (irrtt-ru-l at lbiw j 'army ."lajnr ten. Null as to fi,f,k,r.err. lilies 01 (be war, ami I hen al., tij, 'phu of spproat bmj ihe capital Uin.u-- ,,

Cm.With the detail i f lite Ixillle t.f VM

every reader is too ftMitimr, lo e aruMi for here fee it 111 if them. .N m to

'. T"I L It I I Iuivtrr w n.u ihi booi uiuant.t-- r 4, f

ml how R hw of I W lily -- lh.uii. BlMU aim hi fur fihl by an army f u,!., jinousami, tuur-iuui- a oi mai nuur beta,Ulltrt-r- .

The result of lltiit uneiua) engulf airatlkthe whtde nation, aurpriscj

got rrnmrnl, ami astonished evt-- t'.ut-- y,

stalrsmen ami her f l iterals of a bumlrt j ;

was tine jet iimhc lo the fottlslritr- - k.lb army had in rts ftHmnander, tnmkuoH l tltt of hi rharaetrr, than lo tU 4,1 ,

1 . . . ..np.snHHis ami me nne valor ( Uwf,,paralivclv raw troojHt of which lua.rsifoii.Hscd. Instead of narrating tx inesi,i,bal mt morel le cooilirt, h i u, in onlrr tr.

amno Hit a vf its traiisrvmlcut iifpmt.tnrt,for ... . I .

ra iim.uh nt iu im ircumi4ir- - ui

Gen. J ajloe wna pi ccd, and undir i--

batilr was fonht,1 . 1 1 . .nrti, i nrnr ibo auvic H tae (rrrtsV.

t hitf of the Army, the plans of ika a.ln.Nninoi were changed, the attetnpt lo reach '.f Mexico ,y the inlar-- rMiitf aloHlo,. .,

route by Vera C 'ru detrrrninetl tipon, ns vrrgul.tr troot, whom Gen. Taylor baJ m,.,Ioiim-i- I locitoquest, were Imwithdrawn frooi InscnmnmiHl toirrnilsl,.N-ot- r, the whttle counfry saw at nrw ; br prr

hich ihe former was plnenf. .No rmore clearly than himsrlf. MUkil ,

every man of my reguhr force and M ;,. limit t-- (now in resjirciaMe dnrifliiw) r

withdrawn for distant sert tcv," ratd beolficiul letter, of January 15, l47, u tie Umniuli -t hit f, "it aeema lhat I am ei.wwnh lcs than a thousand regulars anJ a toleer force mrl of new levies, to bolt) 1 e

l.ttr, while a large army of mors &Iwenij thousand mrn is in my Ironi." .

thit I hate lost the ron'slt-n-c nf the j.srmi ni, nr i would not have suffered --

main, up t ibis lime, ignorant of iu mimM-- i

w uh mi t ilall v atlerfed interests rotriirtittrmy ehnrs. Hut (h added) Imwcti-- r marfeel mtirtilird ami ou traced by the courts

"N-d-. unprecedented, at len- -l in our own k

I will enrry t.t't in gMl faiih, while I rtitii.viexifft, tFie views of the government, tbmo,'mny ls siieribVit in ihe 1 ffort." A l.rijbtrr..ample of futi lity to trust rrjstsed in m wIn I found in the recwrds of our race tkuthis tlet Liralion. follow ril up sail was, 1

sUi h i,f 1 lee is 1011 and vigor of actM .

proved its wntt-r'- s simcritv.I he resjMnsilibtis, tf.fficulliea ami iltr- -

! which Urn. Taylor was now brsrf . mtwi II ctinceMttl. when we lear in miml tU

iikhix-ii- i wliciv tbe General fttu ad ki..t. t . t .iij 01 irotij, nearly ail raw, tram

suhVirut ., keep un In eommuuicatMio ailbtlejNit of supplir al Camarro, ha bar tirge supplies, lhn on the Kin Grande aJ

the Craos, ituft le drawn out bv Gen. Vand that on the.e supplie dependn) the air"t.i ins ii.cn. i otnitiuml, and bis adisfrom era L'tut. In the nmUt of all the iely linlurnliy atteotlinx bis hmiImhi, he imih it Snni Ana was advanctiiK uimn his Iwv

ciioiinuuM'atiiin wnh Catnariio ami Krastw. .that, if be availed himsrtl of the disrretHW I

lo hnn ly instructions from his gnvernnsttconfine

.- -himself. to. Monterey, he wnuMI'

oM from Fits supplies at lhes Minti thatwould fill ini ihe bands of ihe enemy, imp-

ing Grn. Scott of the portion of them ta.1rtipiired; and ih.--i ihtn. if he could u

be h nwtf would Is-- forced, fur mvtsupplies, at last to summF-- r f He then kW

choose Utwtrn to abrrnatits, either vfabwon Id have been aufficientlj appsilia;mt 11; lie must advance witb a btniy of trs.which four-filth- s were vulunieers wbobo)'bnitr U-e- embtMlietl, tr, opiHts five linsnnuml-r- r of fh lest Mexican troops unlrr VAna; or h must retreat to Monterey . lie itthai, if ihe first course was taken, ami fcessuccessful, he would preserve his Insmunicntmn with the It 10 (.ramie, ami moarmy from inev it life disaster; uud ttal. ifeivtrd, Ihe oidy ilifference letween his pthen, an-- l 1h.1t in which be would bafhiiiis. If after a retreat to Monierey, wotiiilb it in the one ease he waa dt ft atetl m btrwhilst in lb other W was aiarvetl into a wreder That Geo. Taybtr perfectly uBknand appreciated the peril of hoi posits.mo vastnesa if lite results depesslant sachoice which be mi-b- t make bei eea tbee

lernalives, there ett doenntentsrv fHut be made bis choice, lis a.lraitct-- i "

Ihe coming blow. U foiisht ami woe tb!sftl lliiena isa.

Wnh what solemnity of ferbug, tmtwith bis high sense of imprralite duty, k '

Siict d iu lhat ctmnVl. evidence is alluekm rs writtru bv bunt If lo reUnvrs asdlron ihe vveuint I l'.c the haute ran "0ihtsse Irltcrs, ih ultaiM- - of wlm b bo)?spucd, b atated I he reason Ihal badhim ris Lsltle to the enemy. 'I br--c

that Ihe Mmn-h- h army bavin) jtit rnif rest desert, llieir farees lth ttt ii.rtt aad b--mU't l- - in a con. I rt ion so exhausted a mfimixiir llieir eamwiiy ( ohvsical exertssi. ""

tm the other hand, be himself held a sir 7

sitioii, well adapieil i mLU knu t" "Isuperior force, in whih abtoe b ct.aU

successfully lo contend with ihe iwmensfagainst him; thai, shoubl he quit bis r""ami fall but k UW Monterey, as be be''advised lo do, Santa Ana no .r lit, with esKor a force. !mih butt un in Moiitrrrv, ,r

swept every hs.i from lo lb "H- -'!

the U10 Gramle. Thus woubl ! w resielus all llMtatlvaiilac we bol gained, eurosi'injured, ami her honor Urumhetl. S'1U beved, would m the d.saatrou Jting ct mi sequences of a relreat. He Wresolved lo nunnrain his iMtsiiMto alwith aileierminiilMin lo He raiber tlthe ll.ig nf bia country to Iw tltraielumler his care.

In order t make a successful ilrtVweforce such as bt, it would he necr Jtumid f cxpM-- d ihroti-ho- ut tbe

to I lot OMist immiiM-u- t rd. Tbe ''"JV ,said) were as to itn lo one lhat he ,h"tt!'va bvnijf man at the setting vf Ibe sua soLtSIHlf I . t

In another im the e of . ,he eircssrd himself in ecn noire rrnterms

" Ibis w." sanl be. " I tbe l""rjiion jimi will receive Ironi me. I '

strippt d by l be KovcrniiMUt ! tri-- 0ami rcducetl in vtdunteers, al iaos,--ami at ibo aierey id' ihe foe, haveby my country lo retreat or " sdo nt itbtr. I care n.l for '

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deeply W the m.l4e st.btcrs who '

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1by thr-i-r country. We stan.l

.i.ii n I e li.Htlr, nlvmgoti a just Prov- -

jn- -t Prov niftier did tnkp rare of bitum.f iKMf .Imt, and navnl them fromtlir .nrt which, lci;ni'.lly or not, their ownj urriiin'iit had wl f.r thrni!

.lt.-- r tb battle f lJuetiu Vista, Ccnrraljl'r j iT I through Monterey, but only toi-p- rd

hi tin- - l n iiz tnough iodine; for he,4n. fr ihe winch nil were ready to

I""'- - Tliouli absolutely tvorn out byUUl'uc, be after dinner remounted his old char- -frr pr.reeded tiit quietly to the rrjKc of,biaii rattif.

'I he inter al Iwtwcen the battle of Monte- -,

;.h I Iwieua Viti, an. hi ultimata departurefrtrtti Mexico, raa stwnt ly firm ral TaylorrlnHlv at hi ramp near Monterey. And heren , afirr nil tho etritinr events on that linekvl tn l, a ii. I those on the line from Vera(ru4 Mexico errt ucecfullv nilvaiK-in- --

mi l when, t, cery mail from tin? States camefreighted with adulation from almost everyourcr, and prcaage of xlitial elevation suf-hVic- ot

to turn the hr.nl of an ambitious manilut. unmoved by all lbso things, he retainedb uniTeclcd simplicity of manner ami of ac-

tion, sincerely cijresing hi toensage in art strife , or to be separated fromIik rbcriidicil how of returning lo the hooiu ofIn lamily, there to end hi lays in cace ami

To all applications to him to allow hi name14 r un r m candidate for the Presidency,whilst the war roti i muni, he replied in termrrreinliiij with th-- e of the first letter everwritten by him in reference to this subject, viz:I htt, though cry grateful to hi fellowriti'ii w bo h tl r x jrfMtl a desire to place himin noiiiinatio't for the Presidency, it became himfrankly to achniw ledge that he bad no aspira-- n

f.r that oilier ; lnt that, even if an aspirantV the rrrih'iry, ( w huh he win not) bs couldpot, wbdt the country was in vol ted in war,tit. I MbiUt hi duty called umhi him to take part;nnt the rneiny, acknowledge any ambition

Wiotid that of Im-m-o wring all hi lt exertionstsrarit oManim an adjustment of our ditTirul-ti- r

with Mexico.And when, at lt, hi consent to serve as

Prefleni. if elected, was extorted from him, itw picn in l.uii'iisco entirely eonUtent withwhit we base sirva.ty uvti f hi i haractcr.

If I hare l- -t named .y other, and ronid-rf- d

a candidate for tho rrcidfticv,M aaid he," it hd I i l no pjriicy of mine in the mat- -t.-- r; aihi, it Miii kimxi KHiplo Hunk my servicesuiiiHM-tan- t tlixt Ptalion, aixl tit ft lor, I williVilhotind o crv them; aud all the pledgetand e4maion can rnter into and make, asirfard thiMr that xdiey i, that I will do soaarily and faiihfullv, to the lnt of my ahilil, Mrn'tlv iii comphancis with the constitu- -tma.M

llaxinj tin liren Kt to peak of tlcn. TayVn't cmiM-n- t hi name U-i- uel w ith refer- -mt to i!m tlie of I'rrtidrnt, thi l the fitjJirr in hi to nay all that we pr-pot- c to aayhI hi pol.t-- . In the vrnr firt letter writtenj him in rrpiy to the application to allow hi

k4'iie to l ued, he hiniM-l-f avownl hi Hliti- -t Miitirm'iit.

" Altli'Mijfh n. i Mdiliri.in. hating nl way heldivlf alMif from the rUmor of party Hilitiet"

ufl be, I am a Whi, and rhnlle,l in inli hlual opinion to the principles of

!! party."fir Im l. n tin; jcar MtO, we know that,

. I.b'iu.'b at the time in aelive acrvire, and there-- fre tHt tm, he fa it a deep interest in the

of eti. I .irrint, and rejoiei d, in hiuietway, in :he event of th.it i hrtiu, as ty

a any n in in the nation. At the morerert i I.Tti ti of I'resi.h'tit (in 1S1I) he hasto lr.l, un--h r hi own hand, tint " he wa

iii fit or if Mr. CTi tlertioii, andtint bo uot.1.1 ri ! r now Meins him in that

Uice t any intii idual in the I'nion." AimI,trleaord from active nervier ill the field,

ilia war virtually over, he made an rtpo-i!M- n

of in (Hilitieal iiiriplc4 in In Allisonwlnrh provr.1 him to lo rvery inch a

Whr, anl, a fir a flitiea wrre roncernnl,fil!v juti'H-- . i!ie nomination whieh hr aulis'-ffiirni- lr

in that rharaeter from thetVhi;r atmn d Convention. Judged hy all wrlrvn of bun. there is no sounder Whig in ther.iiiutry tivn hr.

t lo a! Tatl ir'n ahilitie, if not of thek; i rnliiiat .i i, thry are far hImh e mnlio--my- .

If he Ij t iii'vi r crad lated nt any college,W a t u. i ply stiidinl humun nature, ainl taken

m i.-rr- r ii the Inwd of practical wiwiom.Tbxi:h not a Matrr of Arts, he i master ofmii',inr thit will In; more available thin a'I'U'iia I'ltli ? rvreutioii ot the dutiea of the

PrM-lentia- l :n-- r. He ha alway lien fond ofrihI his ntii. well trel w ith useful

ufwiiutioii. With a tenariotis ttietiKirr, hefollrrt all thrt he iva l. An rxideuer ( this"mrki(lr lorttMiry of hi is the f.irt, that intW n.ur-- e ,f hi rrice, hr h i never been ntHuh in rail ng an oifi-r'- a name; oner iutro-iu- l.

i .i rtcr after not only known thetui, I ml In nam'.

bit. i ical no u ner by (irm ral Taylor,' tjh on a inioor is-in- which aton'nhed the... ..' r irr' arontul linn--tr- om nnu oi uiinin we

LHi . itill M'ni' U show the extent of hisd.nx When ronvrrina a'Miut Captainilfr. r I lie Jril llmrooii. f rranl-oi- i oi t ol.

I oilier. f Sn'h Carolina, ho died in1 'h-o.- ) ihe General at ok rrmarkrd that the

f Itutlrr was lrih. ami decendil from;o 1 faiiiili. amlof thr Pukr ofOrniood

v tnl minr aoenlo'e. The grntleiuan fromn ve h i I thi B'ircdotr hiving rxpresseil tooi the i.rneral Mill, wno wa nresemlirilr t 111 ih-iii- g this ort of infor--

:ni. the itti-- r lausmjly replied that he him''had nfn-i- i been urined. when at Fort

nt, at tli- - Gi orralv fir iiicut nnd appropriateshhi ! historM-a- l f ru, r- - uilly in relcr' l ihr hilorv f Grr.t Britain.

J - ..... ,vi.iih,- - a, i r.A' li.tl.irlnn. if wouM naru- -I Ur i t- tr in rti b n r the ilietion of his

uhii-l- i nf histt 'lt lll course,--ni.li.ln . i T would hate had mine nharc

.f llt if All fell Ultf

'i:i t . a ... 11 - . I I. ittiil fraatn I iuntkiit mm I ri iii ixn - -

" I s'lall oi.ir. h tin day with the mainIII" arm lo os ii a rMiiiounicatnn with

win: U the aoeinV poe my inarch, alut"rr force. I lull lialit lion.

"r I 11 it ii but bttle room to aiKak'Hiri tiit..t- - t,r i'iomi io.litidii.il featurr of

""rril I v1,k'. rhvraetrr. k?wt: to u fromjur.t,,,,,;,'.!,. aiitli.n nt . which ro to show hi

'"r.in;. Monh. A few bin f allusions to(Wta ...... . .f

" 1 l.ll.. I f I.4 f J m m II..kr it u'xiii iIm wuthority of General Mar--

v,rT kit imi f -- itr up the day to pleasure. Notf i..i,l In. on irlrr without seeing eviuf lU lu.L.I,i , .th ulurh l.n loiJl. If

't-nf- s l.uttnt u urrMiiided by papers.Hlhr t.iii.rd. And, though he would"Ma a tutor kir.dlv. ami bid him with familiarr"W kiiiu kim tt until hr wa at leisure,

' t whI. iiitrrroitt the lutiea w hich Ilia

'h- - . ..i,Ki with ti"ic r. tho Generaltfll hwM ft ii. k it.1 nuri.nnl Nfl UD- -

"Sfl h...i... I I I - - at'''I'l'urt. .til ..C. i I.:.iiiv .., ......t mrfrw-

r'ltfwrw,, ,,rt,,r ,. efficient; J.mrr ,,4 ,1,1,,,! M inade up, no ordinary

""-I- , r eo.iUl rlbrt a rhanre. No vacil- -

. ... hihilml.. " -br aaid. hr meant: alI ay I airt--

--T W J .1 .. . . .. .'aisitr ail tiling, truthlul.b'athf rrrriiMimra nf tkr eittiitnlation of' Tf 1 I.Mii" t.l.,...... IIT.. ...f,V- -.v ... r ...C.F l.nl. . hU

m . m'r prrnt nt thr rkrhaoirr ot flag. . .Till 1. I I.... .1.1 I. 1... u I MmioiiUiTU iii m

. L. . . . . . . 1 1 . i i ... - m ritnspieiioiiij mt..bu'n io ret i ml position, onr would have

tif. a inrrr sprrtator of what othersr iTn' " r,,' tn ,own ,f,t morn"

tiuif. of three iinlcs, not one word

THEol exultation escajd him. But he greatly.... neat j luss ne nau sustained inme mree nays' lighting.

At the battle of Buena Vista (savs Coloneli'aisj wnen the clay seemed, if not lost, to befoine nSainst our anis, General Taylor, amidstthe thickest of the iron hail, rode npon'thc philean and ralmly Kurvcved the aernr. Vt asw er the consequences of that hour, he appearedto fear no danjrer, expect no harm. The ex-citement of the carnarre over. th art mo unitthat couM rcmaiu unmoved when IiU friends

i It a - . . ...wcib lauuin nKe luaves around hun, whichcould look unblanched upon the front of thethundering artillery, became the poor soldier'smost sympathizing friend: and the eye, so sternin battle, was as mild as the tcuder heartedmat rouV.

No one, says Gen. Marshall, who had seenHen. Tat lor, after the battle of ISuena Vista,as he ordered the wairons to brinp in the Mexi-can wounded from the battle field, and heardhim as he at once cautioned his own men thatthe wounded were to be treated with mercy,could doubt that he was alive to nil the kinderimpulses of our nature. His conduct in sparinethe deserters from his own nrmy w ho were cap-tured nt Buena Vista, exhibited at the sametime, in a remarkable manner, his licucvolcnceand his judgment. Don't shoot them." saidhe; "the worst punishment I will inflict is toreturn them to the Mexican army."

No act of oppression has ever liccn chargeduoii General 1'aylor. No man paid the pen-alty of death by martial law from the time hefought at 1'alo Alto to the tima he left Buena

ista.He controlled and guided the army without

bloodshed, maintained its honor and discipline,nd retired without hating done any act to sully

the character he had ever sustained as a humaneas well as able man. When ihe Governmentchided him for not storming Monterey and itstwelve thoi.sand men, with his fite thousand,w bat was his reply ? " Yes," he aaid, " I couldhate taken it in what way, but I did not want tosacrifice the women and children." When hewas feted in New Orleans, a friend, alludin? tothe splendid pageant w hich wound through thestreets of the city, said to him that " it musthave liccti very gratifying to him." " No," saidhr, "it was not. I was afraid some of thewomen and children might be hurt!"

Though bred to w ar, inured to its toils andhimbhij, and owing his present conspicuousposition to his aliilny and success in that vocation, he is a devoted friend of peace. At a din--ner given to him on his return from Mexico, helclarcl, in roponse to a complimentary toast,that " The joy and exultation of the greatestvictories were always, after the heat and excitement of the battle, surcreded by feelings of poignant sorrow nud pain; and that war, after all,was a great calamity, and his the greatest glorywho could terminate it."

Again : In a letter to tin: Hon. Truman Smithof the House c.f Representatives, dated Batonllougc, Man h 4;h, 13 19, he said :

m, a a a" i nccii inniiy reply to your concluding inquiry, that 1 nm a peace man, and that I deema state of jeace to l absolutely necessary to theproier ami healttitul action ot our republican in-

stitutions. On this important nuotion I freelyconfess my self to be the unqualified advocate ofthe principles so otten laiil ilotvu by the rather.rt'v I ..1 - 11,oi ins v oimiry, aoo so iirgenny reeouimcnueu oyhint in Ins l- - itretvell Ailrrss to the American pcopie. Indeed, I think I may safely say that nomm ran put a more implicit laith than I do inthe wisdom of his advice, when he urged uponus the propriety of always standing upon ourown soil.

And again, in his letter to Cnpt. Allison, hesaid

"My life has Im ch devoted to arms, yet I lookupon war, at ull tunes ami umlcr all circuinstances, as a national calamity, to Ik; avoided ifcompatiMe.with national honor. I he principlesof our (overmnent, as well as its true Mlicy,are opiMisril to the subjugation of other nations.and the dismeinltermcnt of other countries byconquest."

Discot Esr or the Costikekt of AmericaAt A rrrrnt meeting of the British Associa'

tioti for the advancement of science, held atSwansea, Professor Klton, of America, read apaper upon the an discovery of thiscomment, tlio fallowing outline of which wecopy from a Lite F.nglish paper :

It apcars, from Icelandic MSS., some ofw hich were published at Copenhagen in the -- n-

tiquitntrs AmeriraiitP, that accounts have ocenhanded down of vovages made by the Northmenfrom Iceland to the coast of America; they aresaid to have been made in the tenth and eleventhcenturies. These adventurers, it seems, fell inwith a region w hich thev called Wood-rand- ,'

aud one to the south w hich was called 1 v meland. One chief in particular, named Thorfi- -nus. whose by the way, still exists, isstated to hat e set out with 132 men, to havemade discoveries in these parts, ami to havefought several battles with the natives, in the lastof which he was slain. His widow,, with a son,who was I sir ii to her in America, returned toIceland, nnd from that son a famous progenyaror.

Now, there is near Newport, in Long Island,a rock washed by the sea, known as the DightonItoek. Insrrii'tions, believed to lie Bunic, areupon ir, copies of which, more or less accurate,have reached Kurone from time to time. Mr.KJton. with a committee of five, proceeded to,raniine this monument, and their results are

t,at the inscription is Runic, containing severalligurcs ana nicrogiypnics, anu iue iiamu iium-nu- s.

the letters Th being in a single character,and of Scandinavian form, the remainder beingin Roman letters; the number exxxn. followsalso in Roman numerals.

He believe that this inscription was made bythe party of Thorfinus, who might have learnedthe uso of Roman letters since the introductionof Christianity in the nation, aud supposes it thesame party referred to in the Icelandic MSS.The land Uut Massachusetts is still noted forthe grow th of vines, and may have been the vineland of the manuscripts.

In conclusion, Professor Elton referred, in

cautious terms, to the tradition handed down, in

the Welsh Triads, of an expedition made, in theeleventh or twelfth century, by Prince Madoc to

distant western continent, his return for moremen, and his second and final departure for thedistant region.

Dr. Latham, in remarking upon thepnper,laid grrat stress upon the opinion of so jr..iiciousan tdisrrter as Professor Elton. Though theIrelaudic MSS. were not beyond question, andthough the inscription alone, would uot provemuch, yet, taken together, the cumulative evi-

dence rrsulting was not to be easily got over.

The distance from Iceland to Greenland is less

than that from Norway to Iceland, and ifadven-ture- m

nailed from Norway to that island, as they

must have donr, they might have extended theirvoyage to the northern coast of America, and

even to Labrador. He did not place great reli-

ance on the Welsh tradition; but. thought theScandinavian accounts much better supported by

evidence. ; of course, neither could detract from

tbo merit of the discovery made by Columbus."

t?7- - M. Dillon, the Consul of France, called

officially, nt Honolulu Hale, on Tuesday, the

27th of March, to present his new Chancelier,

M. Pnulin Niboyet, to His Excellent- - Mr. G

P. Judd, the Minister of Finance; and, also, to

the Minister of Foreigu Relations.

M. Hardy, who has, since the Consul's ar-

rival, discharged the duties of his Chancclicre,

has lcen appointed to the same office, with the

Consul of the French Republic, for Chile, for

which destination be is to proceed by the first

vessel that oflers.M. Hardy has become favorably known to

this community, for his courtesies and agreea-

ble deportment, towards all classes.

POLYNESIAN, SATURDAY. MARCH 31,Peru. The Minister of the United States,Randolph Clay, Esquire, residing in Lima

on the 23rd of Decern! er, addressed an officialnote to His Excellency Don Felipe Pardo, Minister ot oreign Relations of Peru, enrlosinoan extract from the Act of Congress of the Srdof March, 1807, reudering it unlawful to allpersons to take possession of or establish themselves in territories ceded to the United States,without the authority of law. .

This notice was given by the American Minister as a caveat to companies for the workingof the Mines in California, which were heinorganized in Lima, Arequipa, Tambayeque,and other parts of Peru.

I he Government of Peru had appointedCoronel Don Carlos Varca, as Consul for Sanrrancisco, and were about despatching theGamara' vessel of war to protect the interests

of Peruvian citizens on that coast.M. Le Mayne, the French Charge d'Affaires

and Consul General, near the Government ofPeru, had presented his new credentials fromthe trench Republic, confirming him in thatsame character, under dale of September last.The reply of His Excellency Senor Pardo, thePeruvian Minister of Foreign Relations, to M.Bartide, dated November 21st, 1848, and published in the " Peruanc" of the 25th, is highlycomplimentary to M. Le Mayne.

The Queen of England, under date of the7th June, had addressed to the President ofPeru an autograph letter, announcing the deathof her aunt, Her Royal Highness the PrincessSophia, youngest surviving daughter of Hislate Majesty George III.

I Its Excellency President Castilla, replied onthe 7th of Novcmlier, by a very courteous letteraddressed to the Queen of England, which,w ith that of Her Majesty is published in the" Peruanc" of the 15th of November.

A rail-roa- d was contracted for litween Limaand Callao.

The Republic was quiet and prosjtcring, un-

der the prudent and firm administration of Gen.Castilla.

New Granada. New Granada had decreedthe formation of a good practicable road fromPanama to Cruces, on the river Chagres.

China. By the arrival of the brig Ecmmy,Cf days from Hong Kong, we are in posses-

sion of a few China papers, which, however,contain but little news.

The beautiful clipper Sea-Witc- h, which ourreaders will remember was here some monthssince, has added another laurel to her fame forfast sailing by making the run from this port toHong Kong in 25 days the shortest passage onrecord. She sailed for New York on the 8thof January.

The following is the list of vessels of war in

the various ports of China in January last:English Ship Hastings, 74 guns, Rear Ad-

miral Sir F. A. Collier, Cnpt. J. W. Morgan;sloop Scout, 1G guns, Com. F. E. Johnson; brigColumbine, 16 guns, Com. J. C. D. Hay; brigMariner, 10 guns, Com. C. M. Matbieson;steamer Fury, 6 guns, Com. James Wilcox;steamer Medea, 4 guns, Com. T. H. Mason;steamer Phlegethon, 4 guns, Com. Niblett;steamer Pluto, 4 guns. Lieut. Coin'dg G. T.Airey; ship Alligator, (hospital) Doctor Ban-kie- r;

ship Mindcn, (store) J. Mitchell.American Shin Plymouth, 28 guns, Com. D.

Geisinger, Capt. T. R. Gedney; ship Preble, 16guns, Com. James Glynn.

French Frigate La Bayonnaise, 36 guns,Capt. La Graviere.

The Hawaiian brig " Moctezuma," and theEnglish schooner " Amelia," hence, had arrived.We see no report of the American merchantship " Matilda," which sailed from here on the4th of August.

The " Amelia" discovered on the 25th ofDecember, a large Island in latitude 19 deg. , 22

min. N., longitude 141 deg. 15 min. 30 sec. EIt appeared about 40 feet high and 4 miles long;very barren and of a brown color.

An English brig sailed Jan. 8th for California,and another vessel was to be dispatched imme

diately for the same destination. .

A meeting of some of the English merchantsof Hong Kong took place Jan. 10th, the objectof which was to have the ground rents (whichare now imposed upon them) removed, and aletter to the Governor, and a petition to theEnglish House of Commons was presentedasking for the redress of this burden.

Freights to England were as low as threeguineas, and 3, 10s the ton; and to New York9 18,00.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.Bureau of

Internal Commerce.LICENCES ENDING IS APRIL 1S49.

April I Joseph Levell, Hawkint? and Pedling.3 Tyhoun, Retail Goods, Warts, &c

w 3 H. Macfarlane. Hotel." 3 K iiana, Hawkins: mid Pedling.

4 William Ladd, Retail Goods, Wares, &c.6 Unai, Hawking and Pedling.

" 7 Hopwah, Retail Goods, Wares. Sic.- 7 Charles Fippers, Hawking and Pedling.

7 Kaelele, do oo" 8 Alana, Victualing ouse." lo enry Worth, awking and Pedling." 14 Nawaakoa, Victualing 7ouse.

13 Wm. . Coles. Bowling Alley." 21 Joaquin Armas, Retail Goods, Wares, &c

WM. AP. JONES,Clerk to Minister of Interior.

Homk Office, March 23, 1549.

NOTICE.--V The subscriber herebv cives notice of his inten

tion to depart from this kingdom, and requests all persons baring demands against him to present Ihem lorpayment immediately. W. MURRELL.

Honolulu, jiarcu ji, ist-j- .

NOTICE.T"V-- The subscriber hereby gives notice of his inten

tion to depart from this kingdom, and requests all persons having demanas against nun io i'ithbi "" i'payment immediate!?. H. Q,. ADAMS.

Honolulu, aiano i, io.twr herebv eives notice of his inten

tion lo depart Irom lhi kingdom, and request all per-

sons having demands againM him to present them lorpayment immediately.

A. & BROUNLIE.Honolula. March 31. IS49.

NOTICE.Th subcriler herebv gives notice of his inten

tion to depart from this kingdom, and requests all persons

having demands against him to present them for payment

immediately. TOMAS MOSSMAN.

Honolulu, Jiarcn ji. imj.

MARINE JOURNAL.PORT OF HONOLULU.

Arrived.arcfe 21 Danuk nrifaoline Emmy Gebhartf, from Hong

0', . .: T: .- -. ... Plant. . firOIK RvftllM.97 Enfll DnERniinc a.ib w n - -

nburt brumntine Charloita. Decker, fra V lParai.Am. wbale hip Tiwcarnra, Ue, Comprint.

Sailed.Huth chr Chance. Wilcox, S Franrwro- -

PORT OF LAHAINA.

Arrived.Marrh 24-t- air Marcus. Osborn, of Firhvra, 17 BioDrtW

ont, 550 brls P oil

Psbltsljtlr bn lutljortttilJCJ'1 has pleased the King to command the

Legislative Assembly to convene in Maunakilika,on the last Monday in April.

V3 The Cousul of France, on the 27th ofthis month, presented the ordinance of theFrench Republic, appointing M. Paulin Nibovet.Chancelier of the first class to the Consulate ofthat Republic, in Honolulu, under date of 6thMay, 1843, in the room of M. Desvernier.

CO" Okiia e ka Hope Kiaaina Oahu, ma kala 26 o Maraki nei, n G. P. R. Meahewaolelauao kanawahinea Hoolulu, no ka hewao kawahine, a ua aeia o G. P. R. Meahewaole emare i ka wahine cae.

CO" Okiia e ke Kiaaina Oahu i ka la 3 oMei, 1843, o P. B. Shelly laua o Meri, kanawahine, no ka hewa o ka wahine.

EVERETT & CO.

OFFER FOR SALE the balance of theex ship " Serampore," from Boston,

(elected expressly for the Oregon, California andbandwich Islands markets, consisting or

Dry Goods.12 cases blue Drillings, 1 do. Cottons,5 do Turkey red Cottons;5 do Prints, assorted patterns;4 do bleached Drillings; 4 do Long Cloths;1 do Satin Jeans; 2 do Irish Linens;6 bales Tickings; 12 do Denims;1 do Bunting, assorted colors and widths;6 cases Cotton Thread, 50 lbs. each, bleached,

blue, white and assorted;1 do Knitting Cotton; 10 pes Bolting Cloth;1 do 200 Umbrellas; 1 pee green Broadcloth;1 piece black Cassimere; 10 do Demi Linens;

Wicking, Suspenders, and a great variety ofFancy articles.

Hardware.12 pn. double Piano Irons, 2, 2 8, 2 4, 2 3-- 8,

2 2, and 2 5-- 8 inch; Pocket Chisels, FirmerChisels, Auger Bitts, steel Squares, MolassesGates, box Axles, Screw Drivers, Mortice Locks,cloiset Locks, till Locks, Pad Locks, Iron Buttons,hand, cross-c- ut and Grafting Saws; Letter Clips,Metal Cocks, wood icrews, assorted; counterScales, 240 lbs; 10 doz Coflbe Mills; 6 doz Hammers; 1 doz Riveting do ; 4 doz shingling Hatchets;2 doz Sashing do; 3 doz Hunt's Broad Hatchets,trace Chains, draft do, Gate Hinges, 50 doz Hunt'Gouges, Simmons' Axes, Crow Bars, 4 doz GrainShovels, brass backing Locks, 20 doz Shovels,Measuring tapes, Wrenches, Sledge Hammers,Window Springs, Round Bolts, 6 and S inch;Coopers' Vices, Bung Borer, Carpenter's Pincers,black helzeo hatchets, t lemish Tacks, Clout Nails,Scupper Nails, Tin Ladles and Skimmers, BenchVices, Tabic and Tea Spoons, Blubber Knives,Trowels. Sail Needles, Gouges, Drawing Knives,Coopers' and Carpenter's Adzes, hatchet heads,Pins, 6 Anvils, 1 brl Glue, 1 doz Pick Axes, 15Wilkinson 6 bright Vices, assorted weights.

Carpenter's Tools.30 double iron Jack Planes, 30 do do Jointers,

30 do do smooth Planes, 15 doz best Planes, 4,

3-- 5, 2, 5-- 8, and 3-- 4 inch; Fillisters, GrecianOvellos, Match Planes, hollows and rounds. SashPlanes, Rabbit Planes, Plows, Centre Beads, Pan--nel Plows, Rabbit Plows, Octagon Gouges, OvalGouges.

Hollow Ware, fcc.Iron Pots, from No. 10 to 100; Bako Pans,

Spiders, common and covered; Lemon Presses,Dust Pans, Cotlee Roasters, Mortars, Graters, riceBoilers, square and round oil cannisters, SugarBoxes, Umbrella Mauds, Loat stands, Steps, FootBaths, Sic

Agrlc-iiliur- Tools, Woodcnwarc, &c.3 pairs Ox Cart Wheels, iron hubs and axles;3 do do do wood do . do5 Horse Carts, 24 iron Chests, 3 sizes; 2 nine

Pumps, composition chambers; 500 p. Bones, 20Ox Yokes, complete; 10 Ploughs, 10 Cultivators,

W hcelbarrows, 1 Corn bhellcr, 12 nests Tubs.40 doz Painted Pails, 40 doz Brooms, 5 doz Nestboxes, Churns, 60 doz Axe handles, 1 stone GardenRoller, I doz edge Knives, willow Carriages, BuggyWagons, &c

Saddlery, Leather, Ac.25 sides Sole Leather, 86 do Calf Skins, 2 doz

French Wax Calf Skins, 7 do Bindings, 1 dozGoatSkins, 1000 yards Shoe Strings, 1 doz buckskin scat Saddles, 5 Ladies' Saddles, 100 lbs ShoeThread, 6 doz Leather Preservative, 2 doz halters,1 doz Leather hips, 3 cases women s Shoes.

Groceries, Ac.3 doz bottles Capers, 10 doz Tomato Ketchup,

10 doz white wine Vinegar, 12 doz extract Lemon,5 do Rose Water, C do Cayenne Pepper, 1 dozeach Sage, Savory, Thyme, Margorum; 1 doz eachbottles part extract of Rose, Syrup of Rose; 25lbs Nutmegs, 5 lbs Mace, boxes Vcrmicclla, Cas-tile Soap, Fancy Soap, Variegated Soap, 43 boxes;1 case Broma, 104 gro. Velvet Corks, short SixScgars, Cuba Segars, Spanish Scgars, DeMoyaSegars, Imperial do; Vuclto do, 6 bales Tobacco,1 hhd leaf Tobacco, 1 brl Lamp! Black, 1 kegCarroway Seed, 3 boxes Faima, 2 cases Olive Oil,30 doz writing Ink, black; 4 do do red.

Faints, Oil, Naval Stores, Glassware, dec.1 case, 43 cans Blaek Paint, 1 do do ground

Verdigiis, 1 dodo Yellow Ochre; 1 case, 50 cansChrome Yellow; 1 case ground Vermillion; 1 docelestial Blue, I do imperial Green; 1 do Putty;200 kegs, 6000 lbs pare extra and No. 1 WhiteLead; 4 cases Sp. Turpentine. 6 cans each; 6 casesLinseed Oil, 6 cans each: 1 case Copal Varnish,20 gals; 4 kegs yellow Ochre, dry; 19 brls RunTar; 10 brls Coal Tai; 19 do Pitch; 5 do brightVarnish; 50 boxes 10x12 Window Glass; 60 boxet8x10 do; 20 do 9x12 do; 20 do 11x14 do; 5 do 12xIS do; 10 cases Sheathing Copper, 20 to 30 ounces;composition spikes and Nails; copper Bolts, assort-ed sizes; 20 bales heavy sail cloth; 2 whale Boats;100 Grind Stones, Blocks, Shceves, Pins, &c.

Crockery M are aud Paper Hangings.2 cases, 700 rolls Paper hangings, assorted pat

terns, 2 casks Ewers, Basins and Teas; crates Teas,Twifllers and Muffins; crates yellow Muffins andBakers; 1 crate dark blue CoiTccs and Teas.

AIo,60,000 Spruce Laths; 13,000 fect Pine Lumber;30,000 Hard Bricks, m31-- tf

HAWAWIIAN THEATRE COMPANY.

IHE Stockholders arc hereby notified thatsuit is commenced against the Managers

of the Company to recover the balance due of thabuilding, wardrobe, &c. Those who teel disposedare requested to meet at the auction room of F. W.Thompson, E?q., on Monday, April 2nd, 1840, at12 o clock M, to take measures to save their prop,erty from sacrifice. Should there fiil to be a general attendance and some decided action taken in thematter, it will be impossible for the manners tocontinue any longer their unaided exertions tosave the property, whi-- however might easily bedone by a little eiiort and assistance on the part ofthose who arc equally interested with themselves.If that assistance is not given them the propertywill, of necessity, be abandoned to the creditorsto meet the comparatively small debts due.

By order otitic Managers,C. G. HOPKINS, Sec'y.

Honolulu, March 31, 1S49.

NOTICE.

PROPER application having been made toEsq.. Chief Justice of the Superi

or Court, by Stephen Reynolds for Probate of theWill and the Codicils thereto annexed ot LliaoGrimes, of California, lately deceased. Notice ishereby given to all persons whom it may concern.that Saturday, the 24th day of March, A. D. 1S49,at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, is a day and hourappointed forth hearing proof of said Will, andCodicils and of all objections that may bo offeredthereto, at tha Court Houss in th town of Honolulu. HENRY RHODES.

Clerk of the Superior Conrt.The hearing in the above rase is postponed till

April 21st, 1849, at 11 o'clock A. M.

llr.K KHUUU,Clerk of the Superior Court.

Honolulu, March 31, 1849.

CARRIAGES.ANE New York Bujrcy Wacoo, linedU with cloth; 1 do do lined with leather; I do dowith top; 1 two wheeled Tilbury, with harnesscomplete, for sale by

m3I fcVfcKtn & CO.

1849.NEW GOODS.

YTOW LANDING from Am. ship "Lei. land," adapted for the California and S. Imarkets, and for sale by S. H. WILLIAMS & CO.

Dry Goods.2 cases Nankin Gambroons, 2 do Mexican Mix

tures, 2 do York Tickings, 2 do blue Jeans, 1 dobleached do. I do Essex Denims, 13 do blue, pink,aud orange Prints, 9 do 34 in. Turkey red Cottocs,1 do assorted Hosiery, Gloves, Gold Lace. etc.. 1

do do Taffeta Ribbons, 1 do wax and madder Hkfs,fancy colors, 3 bales Duflie blankets, 1 do Poto-mac Flannels, 1 do w hite do, 1 do scarlet do, 1 doFurniture Checks, I do round Wicking, 2 do asstd.cotton Thread. 1 do Table Napkins, 55 do 30 in.Umbrellas, 1 do silk do, 1 do printed Bedspreads,1 do cntton Gambroons, 1 do French Pi ints andMuslins, 1 do fancv do, 1 do wool net Shawls, 1

do Fans, 1 do fancy Pantaloon stuff, 1 do cordedSkirts.

Boots aad Shoes. Caps, dee.15 cases men's Brogans, 4 do do super do, 3

do do sewed Boots, 2 do do pegged do, 4 do dosewed Shoes, 7 do Ladies' and children's shoes. Icase calf skins, lining and binding do, 3 do shoemaker's tools, lasts, pegs, etc., 59 sides sole leather and rigging do, 8 cases assorted palm leaf hats.3 cases frame slates, 34 doz. men's light summerCaps, 6 doz. men's super Navy Caps, 4 cases asststationery, 1 case asstd. playing cards, I case Ink

Groceries, Provisions, A c.79 boxes best refined Loaf Sugar, 1 0 brls. best

Carolina Rice, 30 do superior Flour, 5 do hams, 5do extra clear Pork, 25 do prime do, 20 kits tonguesand sounds, 2 tierces dry codtish, 1 hhd. Pa. cheese(superior), 3 hales best Am. hops, 7 boxes LemonSyrup, 3 do Mead do, 1 do spice bitters, essenceSpruce, etc., 3 do rose water, 4 do pure refined salarstus, 10 do Swaiin's Panacea, 2 brls. prime AmGlue, 1 c.ase Bull's Sarsaparilla, 6 boxes Stough,ton s Llixir, 2 do Bay w atcr, 1 do pasta blacking.40 do asstd. cologne, 5 brls. best Vinegar.

Paints, Oils, Ac.3 brls. boiled Linseed Oil, 5 cases Spirits Tur

pentine, 1 brl. Chalk, 40 cans Pnttv, 1 case Verdigris and chrome Green, 1 brl. French Yellow, 175kegs white Lead, 50 do Green Paint, 20 do blackPaint.

Tobacco nnd Segars.10 boxes " W. O. Good" Tobacco, 10 do

20 do " Roulctt's Imp." do, 1 do "A.Thomas" extra do; 800 M. Cuba Segars, 100 box-es Spanish do.

Hardware, Irou and Steel.11 bars best Eng. cast steel, 2 do do blister do,

24 steel pointed crowbars. 4 bars old Sable Iron. 1 1

bars Suede's Iron, 10 1.IU. Iro,i Rods, 13 hdls.best sheet iron, 11 do i!o Refined Iron, 10 do -2

inch square do, 53 bars ct refined flat do, 61 dodo round do, 242 do assorted flat and rnuud do; 4casks assorted hardware, containing table andpocket knives and forks (superior), Razors, Scis-sors, iron and silver pl.iied Spoons, cork screws,'chopping knives, shoe knives, screw drivers, brassand iron bolts, ass't tiles, saws, plane irons, ham-

mers, coach wrenches, brick trowels, padlocks,asst'd chisels, aunnrs, wood screws, copper andiron tacks, m. head giinblets, brass cocks, bits,blacksmith's hammers, hooks and hinges, Carolinahoes, butt hinges, hat pins, shoe pincers, molassesgates, gridirons, pon der flasks, shot belts, sawsets, hooks and staples, chalk lines, fish-hook- s,

drill eyed needles, percussion caps, steel top thiinbles, razor strops, awl httfts, sand paper, coat andvest buttons, brass mounted palms, tenon, pannel,spring, and back saws, plumbs and levels, Jtc. sc.100 prs. bright trace chains, 1 cask log chains, I doeagle wood screws, I box 6 doz. patent axe hatchets, 4 do 5 doz. No. 4 broad do, 1 do 2 doz Hunt a

shingling do: 12 doz. best a.xes, handled, 5 boxestin plate, 1 brl. lanterns, 1 box grindstone cranksand rollers, 1 box patent brads, 1 do do cnt tacks,1 case circular saws, 2 cases containing handcuff,trunk nails, cloak pins, iron wire, bake pans, soldershot, oil stones, cabin and screw hooks, gun flints,rille flints, fry pans, brass lamps, Britannia do, coo-

pers' drawing knives, suspender buttons, agateshirt buttons, curry comb s, mouse traps, lea kcttics, iron squares, j.ipaned w ash basins, deck lightsbonnet wire, plastering trowels', splitting and morticing gouges, ogees and bevels, match and rabbitplanes, &c.

Also,3 Fairbank's Patent 20011 lbs. Platform Scales,3 do do 2000 lbs. do on wheels6 do do 1200 lbs. do do.2 ' do do 600 lbs. do do.8 do Druggists' Scales.

10 do Counter do.5S M. fc'et American Lumber, 20 M Laths.67 M. Shingles, 10 M. Pickets and Clapboards.

Honolulu. March 17, 1849. tf

NOTICE.

THE undersigned having been duly electedfur settling the the estate of Ceoree

W. Punchard & Co.. Bankrupts, hereby notify allthe creditors who have proved their claims againstsaid estate, before the1 Commissioners in Bankruptcy, to file the samo with the subscribers, or citherol them, at their respective places ol business.within sixtv davs from the dale hereof. And allpersons indebted to said estate are required tomake early payment to either ol the Assignees,

'II. iN. LKABH, I Assignees.fD. MAC TAVISH, )

Honolulu, March 31. 1849.

NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY.

WHEREAS, Stephen II. Williams,of 1 he Commissioners in Bank

ruptcy, in the case of George W. Punchard, hasresigned the duties ol his omce, inereiore, noknown unto all men. that James F. B. Marshall,Esnuire, has this d;iy been duly appointed by thaChief Justice of the Superior Court, a Commission-er in Bankruptcy, to fill the place of the aforesaidWilliams. HfcflKi kiiuuw,

. . Clerk of the Superior Court.Honolulu, March 29th, 1849. m3l

LOST.te 28th inst. between Washington

Place, and the dwelling house of Dr. R. W.Wood, in Honolulu, a gold Bracelet, containing aDaguerreotype likeness, and marked on the insidnC. H. to C. E. N. Whoever will leave said Bracelet at the house of Mr. Dominis, or at the CourtHouse in Honolulu, shall be suitably rewarded.

onolaln, March 31. 1849.

FOR CALIFORNIA.THE A No. I, coppered and

copper fastened schr. PLYMOUTH,Church, Master, will tie dispatchedfor San Francisco o'n the 10th of April.

For freight or passage, having superior accom-modations, apply to ,

II. Q ADAMS, orJ. T. GOWER.

Honolulu, March 31, 1849.

FOR SAN FRANCISCO.The Danish brigantine EMMY,

will sail for the shove port on or aboutthe 10th of April, and has room forfour cabin passengers. Apply to

HENRY SKINNLK Si CO.JonoIulu. March 31, 1849. 3t

FOR CALIFORNIA.THE schooner 'JOSEPHINE,'

w ill sail for San Francisco on or aboutApril 12th.

For passage apply toA. P. BRICKWOOD.

onolulu, March 31, 1849.

NOTICE.

THE subscribers hereby gire Noticethey have appointed Lyman Swain, as

their attorney during their absence Irom theseIslands, for the transaction of all business.

JORDAN St KNOTT.Honolula, March 31, 1849. 3t

NOTICE.ALEX. ZAKRZEWSKI, formerly

MR. of Engineers, inthe Polish Army, havingleft Tahiti for San Francisco, California, requestshis friends to address bis letters to that place.

Honolulu, March 31 , 1S49.

& CO. offer for sale a largeEVERETT of Brittania Ware, Clocks, Lamps,Cologne, Water Filierers. &c e Serampore.

Honolulu. March 31. 1849.

SHOES- -

Gent's, Misses and Children'sLADIES' Shoes, received per Serampore. and

for sale br EVERETT & CO.Honolulu, March 31, 1849.

183HAWAIIAN THKATItK.

THIS EVENING. Vmh 3lt. ihr prrfc.ra.aiKv willconunenre nh, fur rbe irt una-- in Huoolula, lb cihrmfarce entitled

"Moasiear Toaa V

Ts be M!owmt by a i03tl.After trlink the lauhal.lc brrc rf

Perfection t

To concluJ? withA SONlS, .j an Airwieur. .

jT Tickets lo be had al in Aartioa R.-w- n. ot W. .RuliertVMi. during the afternoon pnvrtlm; Ihir rtnmrotprrlormat.ee, and al the Box Olhre na lt aih; oi lbperformance.

Dur npm aj hall pat ( o'l kwk : Perfurmsac In ran.mence al 7.

ApMnTAscc-Ri.- x. ; Til. 50 cnf.

ikh i.miniM'.KIVEI) .r i .i.n.r " ,.i r...1 I sale bvMAKEE. ANTIION Ik CO.Cases blue Drills, do Sh.i-lirtg- s, Jo prints, do

Denims, do Tickings, do Saiin Jean, do brow aDrills, do Flannel, sup Irish Linen, do ruer. Shirts.cane and hale-bo- ne UmbrelLis, Silk do.

Cases Brogans, do Kip do. do Stirrers, mit-ak- ut

do. Lasting do, morocco Pumps, Ladien' Shoe.blue cotton thread. Bridles, Martingales. Saddles.Cow Hides. Adzes, sheet Iron, sauce Pans, enam-eled do. Sad Irons, Fence Chain, Hulls. HraCocks, assort, of Locks, sup. plat. Bum Spur.Stirrups, Oos, short handled Fry Pans. nmC Net--

ies, Bntt. Spoons. Tin Pans, Lamps, Airs. Hatchets, Axe-handl- Glass. 8 m 10, Uh It, OiBo,iron Ox Yokes, assort. Files, do Swws. Squarr.Butcher Knives. Knives and Forks. Jaraiiites.Shears, Scissors. Shovels. Garden Seeds, boxes tinPlates, Black Ink, Rice. Saleratus. water Crarker.Butter do. Soda do. Soap, short six t'utar. SaltFish, Raisins, Tobareo.

Honolulu, March 17, 19 19.

CRAI1D & SPALDING

OFFER for sale, IvJOO Htmla pine apple1000 lbs Hams, 20raes stout Bmgans,

1 case Ladies Shoes, 1 1 rates Turkey ird Print,2 cases York Tickings, 2 cases York Dentin. 4cases Olive Oil. 150 M Vara hllrd Cigars, 2 ralassorted Sauce Pans. 10 brls. Tar, 4 ca- - aortrdPrints. 1 crate Bowls and Chamberr. I ease containing rim Locks. Hammcrs.riirM Locks, Slump,Uitts, Hl-s- , Untts, Ke

Canvas lleirrp anf M.inil.i Cord u--

Assortc! Knitcsaiul Folks, Jack KnitrsPrincipe Cigars, Havana do, Man. la do.Cavendish Tobacco, fommoti d.Nails, Cologne, Lavendwr,Under Flannels, w hue and calico Shirt.Navy Caps, Assorted Groceias.

ALSO,900 lbs. Coflce. 1?0 do Sugir, Trs. Window

Glass, Tea Kettle, and an asortmrnt of other ar-ticles, adapted lo this market.

Honolulu, Man h 24, ISIS. tl

NF.W GOOD I

ON hand and for sale hy ihe undersigned,Saws, Iron bark do -2 to 3 m. Sircwp,

Grindstones, Cut Tacks, Ploughs, complete IrnnGates, Wickets, Coach Whip., Manua Haromrlsrs,Sewing Thread, Gingham Pmbrellas, Check Mus-

lins, Chrome Orange ktriped Prints. Quilling, farM--

best shapes, ready made Vrf, pUin do fcn

printed S9 inch l.loe Calicoes, (' ITar. 4O.0OOSlates, IS" 10, Hand Saws, Chanabfan's

Bar Iron, Kod Irwn, Enaiorh-- d Soal Skin Waidisr,Turkey Reps, Pulu, for initiri- - and ill.Flower Pols and Stands, Shower Hatha, ami otherarticles suitable for Ibis market and California.

STARK EY, J ANION 111 CO.Honolulu, March 17. I 19.

NOTICE.rrin subscribers hereby rive not its ofl thicir intention lo depart Ihimi I km kHifdnsn.

and request all persons having demands againMihem lo present thent for paymtnt immediately,and all persons indebted lt ns are hereby ftotriirdto make payment no or before the fiml af A (Milnext, after which all account not settled all bar

left w ith sn attorney for collect ion.C. S. BARTOWE. L. H ATCH.

Honolulu, March 17, 1819:

CO-P- A RTNEKMI IP NOTICE.rPHE undersigned have this day frmed anL association m business under I lie tin of

McLANE, GOWER & ADAMS,and will continue the manufacture of Sugar andMolasses at Makawao, M.mi. II I.

WM. A. Mi LANK.JOHN T. GOWKR,HENRY Q ADAMS.

Makawao, Maui, March Int. 119. ml 7 ifCO-P- A KTNKRSII IP NOTICE.

TMIE 8tih.se libers have this day enteredinto for tin Iranaaalinn of a

General Commission and Ship Chandlers luinrM.(al I he store fcumetly occupied by Waldo Ca )under tha firm of

CKABB & SPALDING.II. N. C It A Pit.J. C. SPA I. DING.

Honnhiln, Marrh 4th. 1M9. n.rM-- if

BREAD A DISCI IT HAKEKY.St CLIFFORD respectfully informSWAN and residents of llorMifnlu. that

they have their Bakery near the Thea-tre, and will use every eierlion lo satisfy those par-

ties who may favor thrni with their fltlronsfe.either for the use of the shipping or private families.

N. B. Their retail establishment adjoins thaAuction Room.

Honolulu, March 24. 1849. 3m

FOR SA I.E.MAKEE ANTIION Jt COBY Bigs best Chile Beans,

100 do. do. Flour,60 doz. Ass'd Pickles.50 do. Sauces Lobster, Syrep, Cay

enne, Pepper. Ginger,I Cask Cutlery, 2,000 rest Oars:10 Bbls. Culer inegar.20 " Tar. fob- - If.

NOTICE,

VLL persons holding claims against lhrof Francis Johnson, a ciinraa of tho

United States, late residing at Honolulu. Oahu,Hawaiian Islands, deceased, are requeued 14 present the same lor adjustment, and those indebted tothe estate to make pavenent, to

JA. t. B. .VAKSMALi.,Attorney for Henry A. Pssrce, fcteetttor.

Honolulu. March 21, Ii9.-2- m

NOTICE.HEREBY forewarn all person again-- !

T selling lo or contracting spy debts with my witeDeborah, on my account, a we hse metuanyarred to scpaiale as mm snf wife; theirlore I

hall not pav any debts of hrr rontrsrtiny.

March 17, l49.-- 3t

NEW GOOD.UOR SALE by MAKr.K, AN1IIU .

F CO the rarpo of Amerteaa schooner "Johnnntn." N. A. BacheMer. snastet, comprising lbusual assortment of Mercband.ie, suitable for t has

place and California.tlonoioie, siarcn ii. II9.

FOR SLR.IN quantities to suit purchasers,

8000 bags Koiou moan;ino Kkl. do. MOI.ASE.

Enquire at the Dipenarv of the nnnVrsignrif.

R. W. WOOD.

Honolvhi. March l, 49 --tf

.MKLoOEOw.THE subscriber has fr-- r al lo. four1 Csrhart s Patent lmPrd tor

fan..... a new and brannUlchape,, or privatetrument. a s--

Honolulu March 21. tg4 -- 2.CORDAGE.

C01L-- S Hemp Corda;e, from ft thread80 to 6 inch, tot sale by

m31 EVERETT Ik CO

HAI.TPETRE.LBS. Salt Telie. for sale by

11600 meh!7tf EVERETT It CO

It

184

&I)c (DUo.

THE PARTING OF SUMMER.

BY MBS. HE5IANS.

Thou'rt bearing hence ihy roses.Glad Summer; fare the well !

Tliou'rt singing thy last melodies

la every wood and dell.

But in the golden sunsetOf the latest lingering day,

Oh! tell me o'er this chequered eaithHow thou hast passed away?

Brightly, sweet Summer! brightlyThine hours have floated by,

To the joyous birds of the woodland boughs,

The rangers of the sky.

And brightly in the forests,To the wild deer bounding free;

And brightly midst the garden flowers,To the happy murmuring Lee.

Cut how to human bosoms.With all their hopes and fears;

And thoughts that made them eagle wings

To pierce the unborn years?

Sweet summer, to the captive

Thou ,hast flown in buming dreams,Of the woods, with all their hopes and leaves,

And the blue rejoicing streams;

To the wasted and the weary,Ou the bed of sickness bound,

lo sweet, delicious fantasiesThat changed with every sound;

To the sailor on the billows,In longings wild and vaia '

For the gushing founts and breezy hills,And the Lome of earth again.

Aud unto me, glad Summer!How hast thou flown to me?

My chain less footsteps nought have keptFrom thy haunts of song and glee.

Thou bast flown in wayward visions,In memories of the dead

In shadows from a troubled heart,O'er a sunny path way shed;

In brief and sudden strivings,To fling a weight aside;

'Midst these thy melodies have ceased,Aud all thy roses died!

But oh! thou gentle Summer!

If I greet thy flowers ouce more,Bring me again thy buoyancy,

Wherewith my soul should soar !

Give mc to hail thy sunshineWith song and spirit free;

Or in a purer lana than thisMay our next meeting be !

Destruction . of the Inquisition atMadrid. Col. Lcmanouski, former anofficer under Napoleon, gives the followingvivid sketch of a scene of which he was aneye witness:

In the year 1S09, being at Madrid, myattention was directed to the Romish Inqui-sition in the neighborhood of that city, Na-poleon had previously issued a decree for thesuppression of this institution wherever hisvictorious troops should extend their arms.I reminded Marshal Soult, then governor of.Madrid, ot this decree, who directed me toproceed to its execution on this far lamedestablishment. With my regiment, the 9thof the Polish lancers, he gave me two oth-ers. One of which, the 17th, was underthe command of Col. De Lile.

With these troops I proceeded to the In-quisition, which was about five miles fromthe city. It was surrounded with a wall ofgreat strength, and defended by about fourhundred soldiers. When we arrived at thewalls I addressed one of the sentinels, andsummoned the holy father, to surrender tothe imperial army, and open the gates of theInquisition.

The sentinel who was standing on thewall appeared to enter into conversation fora few moments with some one within, at theclose of which he presented his musket andshot one of my men. This was a signalfor attack, and I ordered my troops to fireupon those who appeared on the wall.

It was soon obvious that it was an unequalwarfare. Our troops w ere in the open plain,and exposed to a destructive fire. We hadno cannon, nor could we scale the walls, andthe gates successfully resisted all attempts atforcing them. I saw that it was necessaryto change the mode of attack, and directedsome trees to be cut down and trimmed andbrought on the ground, to be used as batter-ing rams. Presently the walls began totremble, and under the well directed andpersevering application of the ram, a breachwas made, and the imperial troops rushedinto the Inquisition.

Here wc mej. with an incident which noth-ing but Jesuitical cfTrontcry is equal to.The Inquisitor General, followed by thefather confessors in their priestly robes, allcame out of their rooms as we were makingour way into the interior of Inquisition, andwith long faces and their arms crossed overtheir breasts, as though they had been deafto an tnc noise ot the attack and defence,and had just learned what was goiu- - on,addressed themselves in the language ofrebuke to their own soldiers, saying, Whydo you light our friends the French?

Their intention, apparently, was to makeus irunK mat ints uetence was wholly unautliorizcd by them, hoping they should thushave a better opportunity in the confusionand plunder ot the inquisition to escape.I heir artifice was too shallow.. I causedthem to be placed under guard, and all thesoldiers of the Inquisition to be secured asprisoners.

Y e then proceeded through room afterroom, found altars and crucifixes and waxcandles in abundance the proportions ofthe architecture were perfect the ceilin"and floors were scoured and highly polished

there was everything to please the eyeand gratify a cultivated taste; but wherewere those horrid instruments of torture ofwhich we had been told, and where thosedungeons in which human beings were saidto be buried alive? We searched in vainTho holy fathers assured us that they hadl.ccn belied; that we had seen all; and Iwas prepared to believe it.

But Col. Dc Lilc was not so ready to giveup tnc scarcn. ii uis instance waicr wasbrought in and poured over the marble floor,the slabs of which were large and beautifully polished. Presently an opening was dis--covered, and as all hands were at work forfurther discovery, a soldier with the bult oflib musket struck a spring, when the marbleslab flew up. Then the faces of the Inquisitors grew pale, and as Bclshazzar when thehand appeared writing on the wall, so did

these men of Belial shake and quake in

every bone, joint and sinew. We saw astair case, I stepped to the table and tookone of the candles, four feet in length, which

was burning, that I might explore what was

before us; as I was doing this, I was arrest-

ed by one of the inquisitors, who laid his

hand gently on my arm and with a very de-

mure and holy look said, ' My son, you must

not take that with your profane and bloody

hand; it is holy. Well, well,' 1 said, I

want something that is holy, to see if it will

not shed light on iniquity; I will bear theresponsibility.'

I took the candle and proceeded down thestaircase, when we entered a large room,called the Hall of Judgment. In the centreof it was a large block, and a chain fastenedto it. On this they had been accustomed to

place the accused, chained to his scat. Onone side of the room was an elevated scat,called the Throne of Judgment. This theInquisitor General occupied, and on eitherside were seat3 less elevated, for the holyfathers when engaged in the solemn businessof the Holy Inquisition. From this roomwe proceeded to the right, and obtained ac-

cess to small cells, extending the entirelength of the edifice; and here what a sightmet our eyes! How has the benevolentreligion of Jesus been abused and slanderedby its professed friends!

These cells were places of solitary con-

finement, where the wretched objects of in-

quisitorial hate were confined year afteryear, till death released them from theirsufferings; and there their bodies were suf-

fered to remain until they were entirely de-

cayed, and the rooms had become fit forothers to occupy. To prevent this practicebeing offensive to those who occupied theinquisition, there were flues or tubes extend-ing to the open air, sufficiently capacious tocarry off the odor from those decaying bod-

ies. In these cells we found the remains ofsome who had paid the debt of nature; someof them had been dead apparently but ashort time, while of others nothing remainedbut their bones, still chained to the floor oftheir dungeon. In others we found the liv-

ing sufferer of every age and of both sexes,from the young man and maiden to those ofthree score and ten years, all as naked aswhen they were born into the world. Oursoldiers immediately applied themselves torelieving these captives of their chains,stript themselves in part of their own cloth-

ing to cover the wretched beings, and wereexceedingly anxious to bring them up to thelight of day. But, aware of the danger, Iinsisted on their wants being supplied, andthat they should be brought gradually to thelight, as they could bear it.

When we had explored these cells, andopened the prison doors of those who yetsurvived, we proceeded to explore anotherroom on the left. Here we found the instru-ments of torture, of every kind which theingenuity of men or devils could invent.At the sight of them the fury of our soldiersrefused any longer to be restrained. I heydeclared that every inquisitor, monk andsoldier of the establishment deserved to beput to the torture. We did not attempt anybnger to restrain them. They commencedat once the work of torture with the holyfathers. I remained till I saw four differentkinds of torture applied, and then retiredfrom the awful" scene, which terminated notwhile one individual remained of the formerguilty inmates of this ante-chamb- er of hell.on whom they could wreak revenge. Assoon as the poor sufferers from the cells ofthe inquisition could with safety, be broughtout of their prison to the light of day, (newshaving been spread iar and near that num-bers had been rescued from the inquisition)all, who had been deprived of friends by theholy othec, came to inquire if theirs wereamong the number.

O, what i a meeting was there! about ahundred who had been buried alive for manyyears, were now restored to the active world,and many of them found here a son andthere a daughter, here a sister and there abrother; while some, aias! could recognizeno friends. The scene was such a one as

tongue can describe. When this workof recognition was over, to complete thebusiness in which I had engaged, I wen toMadrid and obtained a large quantity ofgunpowder, which I placed underneath theedifice and in its vaults, and as we appliedthe slow match there was a joyful sight tothousands of admiring eyes. Oh! it wouldhave done your heart good to see it; thewalls and massive turrets of that proud edi-

fice were raised towards the heavens, andthe inquisition of Madrid was no more.

General Scott. Shortly after the U. S.troops at Ccrro Gordo forced Santa Annato give leg bail, the commanding generalrode up, and dismounting, entered his opponent s tent, where a table had been spreadwith a choice and smoking dinner, which,alas for Santa Anna's appetite, was not destined for him. ' Scott, espying a tureen ofsoup at the head of the table, uncovered it,and with a laugh of triumph invited hisbrother officers to tarry, if but for an instant,to join him in the first " hasty plate" on theheights of Cerro Gordo.

A Roland for an Oliver. The SalemRegister tells the following story: DanielWebster was once standing in company withseveral other gentlemen, in the Capitol atWashington, as a drove of ' mules weregoing by. Webster,' says one of thesouthern gentlemen, ' there go some of yourconstituents. i cs, instantly replied Mr.Webster, they arc going south to teachschool.'

Hard to Choose. A traveller is said tohave arrived at a spot where the highwaydiverged into two branches, when he calledout to a man near by

Stranger, which is the way to the village of ?'

There s two roads, responded thefellow.

' Well, which is the best?'t A 1 1 T a . I'Ainimucn aiuerencc; uoui on cm very

bad. Take which you will, afore you've gothall-wa- y, you U wish you d tuck t of her.

Strong Claims. The New York Agethinks that Dr. Brand re th ought to be elect-ed to the Legislature of New York, becausehe is one of the Pill-ct- s of the State.These are strong claims, certainly, but wedo not think that we could support the doctor ;

he is opposed to minerals, and thereforedoos not believe in a metallic currency; hisinclinations evidently lean towards papercurrency, which being originally composedof hemp, flax and cotton is " purely

THE POLYNESIAN, SATURDAY. MARCH 31, 1849.

NEW GOODS PEK SPKNCER.undersigned will on Monday,

1MIE 25th, open the store formerly occupied by

II. Downtou, facing the Wharf, and offer for sale an

entirely new and carefully selected stock of DryGoods, Ready Made Clothing, Earthernware, Hard-

ware, &c. the Btock of Dry Goods principallycomprises.

Light and dark. Fancy Prints, new styles.Two blues Prints, turkey red Cambrics,Plain and twilled stripe and check Ginghams,Monseline de Laine, Sarawak. Carmelite,Fancy, "tripe and check'd Organdie Balzonncs

and Mourning Dugazin Muslins in dress lengths,Ass'd white check Muslins, bl'k and bro' Drills,Black and fancy blue silk velvets, Flannel,Indigo blue Cottons, white Shirtings,Cotton Hose, Mottled Twill, Chambrays,Canton Flannel, Parnos de Cost 8-- 4 wide,Black and colored Princcttas, blue Velveteens.Lasting-- and Satteens, cotton cord.Gents, ladies and children's wh't, blk. and col-

ored cotton hose,Oents. silk and satin nautical Opera and Clifton

Tie8Gents, silk 1- -2 hose, ladies china pearl, embr d

and plain silk Hose, silk and cot. Umbrellas,India rubber suspenders, cotton web do..Rich silk Parasols, wh't reel sewing cotton Tins,Wh't, black and brown Linen Thread,Blue and white skein sewing cotton,Candlewick, &c., &c.

Ready Hade Clothing.' White long cloth shirts, linen collars and wrist-

bands,2-- 2 stout cotton shirts, Regatta and fancy do.,Navy blue cloth caps, pilot cloth Jackets,Checked St. Ledger Coats, linen duck Frocks,Scotch Caps, wht, bun", chk .plain and fig'd Vests.

Hardware.Files, scissors, knives, locks, gridirons, compass

es, rules, axes, hatchets, fish-boo- sail and pack-ing needles, assorted planes, class hand lanthornsass'd sizes, hinges, brass axle pulleys, ass'd saws,brass and iron butts, socket cbieels, nails, sand-pape- r,

tacks, patent sash line, sash tools, hook pots,japanned dust pans, and an assortment of brushes,in part consisting ot paint, w Inte-was- ii, scrub, Kc.

Crockery, Groceries, &c.Crates of nappies, mugs, bowles, blue and green

printed soup and dinner plates, blue and green dinner, dessert and tea setts, ewers, basons, &c.picklcss, sauces, salid oil in Dunstan bottles, mus-

tard in 1 lb, and 1-- 2 lb. bottles, tea, rice, &c.dec 23 tf W. H. PALMER.

RULES RELATING TO COASTERS, Ac.1ST. ALL DECKED VESSELS, of ev1 cry size and description, must be Registered before engaging in the Coasting Trade or hoisting theHawaiian Flag.

2nd. Vessels that carrv onlv the produce of theowner's farm or plantation, while such produce remains bis property, require no Coasting License,but they must be Registered.

3d. Hawkers and Feeders may transport the native produce purchased by them on the particularIsland where they are licensed to Peddle, to anypart of the Kingdom, in their own registered vessels,without a Coasting License.

4th. Any Vessel engaged in the Coasting 1 raceand carrying freight on shares or for hire, withouth avinr first obtained a Register and Coasting License, will be confiscated ana sold lortne oencm ofthe Royal Exchequer.

JOHN YOUI.U,Home OrricE, Minister of the Interior.

Honolulu, 20th September, 1847. sept 25

TO ALL CLAIMANTS OF LAND IN THEHAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

U HUE is hereby given to all personsL having claims to land in the Hawaiian Islandthat the Board of Commissioners to quiet land ti-

tles will continue to hold its meetings on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, of each week, at'Hale Rauwila, in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,

to bear the evidence of claimants in support and defence ol their claims.

The claims of persons not residing on the Islandof Oahu, will be taken up and heard out of theirregular order, so as to suit the convenience of suchpersons, whenever they may visit Honolulu withtheir witnesses and evidence to support their claims.

WILLIAM L. LEE,J. H. SMITH,IOANE II,Z. KAAUWAI,S. KAMAKAU.

Dated Honolulu, Feb. 26lb, 1848.

NOTICE.Custom House, Port of Honolulu, )

November 9th, 1848.f PO all whom it may concern, notice is hereJL bv riven, that tho undersigned has in his pos

session two Kegs of Spirits and a Canoe and appar- -tcnanccs, seized on the night of the oth inst, lor aviolation of the Revenue Laws.

Any parties having claims upon the said articlesare required to make them known to the undersigned within thirty-on- e days from the publicationhereof, otherwise the .said articles will be sold atpublic auction for the oenefit of whom it may conccrn. WILLIAM PATY,

Collector General of Customs.

NOTICE.A LL persons having claims upon the cs--

ii-- tate ot Ahsam and Anmou ot Hilo, lately deceased, are hereby notified to present them for settlcment to the undersigned, or cither of them, onor before the 1st day of March, A. D., 1849; andall persons indebted to said estate are hereby notiIkd to make payment within said time to

ACHOU &AI1IN, Administrators,At Samsing &, Co.

Honolulu, Dec. 9th, 1948.

NOTICE.rPHE copartnership between George WardA. Puicchahd and Samuel Archer Ketnolds

being dissolved by the death of the latter, all persons havin? demands against the late firm of GLO.W. PUNCHARD, & CO. are requested to presentthe same to the subscriber for payment, and all indebted to said hrm to make immediate payment.

GEO. W PUNCHARD,Honolulu, Nov. 9. if In liquidation.

FOR SALE.A T the store of tho undersigned, formerlyx. occupied by H. Downton, a nreat variety of

I'icklcs and bailees consisting in part of Walnut,Cauliflower, Onion, and Mixed Pickles, Harvey'sand Lazenby's Sauces, Salad Oil, in 'Dunstan GlassBottles, Mustard, in and lib. bottles; Also,will keep on hand a well assorted stock of DryGoods, etc W. H. PALMER.

Dec. 23 tf.

THE FRIEND.A MONTHLY journal devoted to Tcm

11 pcrance, Marino and General Intelligence,published and edited by Samuel C. Damon, Seamen's Chaplain. Terms, $1 50 per annum. Fourcopies $5 00. Ten copies $8 00. Bound volumesfor the last five years may be obtained at the Studyol the seamcn s Chaplain. may 20 ly

20 REWARD tQTOLEN from the Scow, belonnnj to theij undersigned, lying in this Harbor, .one Anchorand wham, lhc above reward will be paid by theundersigned to any person or persons who willprove tho party or parlies who stole the same,

dec 2 tf SEA & SUMNERS.

HARDWARE.ANE Cask containing Brittannia and tinJ ncd Tabic Spoons; silvered and steel top Thim

bles; carpenters' Squires, Adzes, Planes and Hatchets; Mica Urushcs. A fso-r--1 23,000 Percussion Caps.

for sale by . KOBKIGLEZ VIDA.aug5 tf

CUTLERY.'ANE case, containing Bone and IvoryJ handled Table Knives and Forks ; Tailor's

Shears; Beech and Rose Wood Cook's Knives, etc.,ust received and for sale by

jy 1 tf. F. RODREGUEZ VIDA

FLOUR. HIDES, dec.,X)R sale by S. H. WILLIAMS St CO.

300 barrels! simcrinr Columbia River Flour i

zwm sanowK ii islands hides; Z; superior !ca Ottersums; b7 rolls 4U yards each 4x4 China Matting,

inh 18 tfCOFFEE

AF superior qualify, from the Estate of G.V Kbodes & Co., at Hanaloi. Apply to

sept. SO tf. F. W. THOMPSON.

1 1 1 1 Sa p

MAINE HOTEL.GRATEFUL for past favor,

the subscriber begs leave to inform h i

friends and the public generally, thatl. h.i nm-n-- d a lintel in the largo

two story building recently erected by him on Broad- -...... I., . ill Ik liinnttn receive ami entrr- -

M "... 1 IVtain those who may favor him with a call. ISo pain

I . 1 : .!.....or expense lias been sparcu to rentier iiiisr4u.irii-mcn- ta desirable place of resort. The rooms are

cool and and litted up in elegant style... airy

. . . . . I I . l . I . .........The liar will always ne suppuca who mc iu-iii- v

of Wines. Liquors and Cigar.An elegant new Billiard Table and two good

Bowling Alleys are connected with the house.4. ... . ,".; iki. iwiri. ami tint ventlcmcn

resident in Honolulu, arc respectfully invited to calland examine for themselves.

SAMUEL TIlOMl'-M'-N- .

Honolulu, July 1st. 1343. ly.

ffiiliffL.

HOTEL DE FRANCE.LE GUEVEL & PSALMOtf

would respectfully inform their friendsand the public, that they have opened, i!fl nn the nremisc recently oe--

i. rr n V Wood, where thev will be hap--

py to receive and entertain those who may favor

them with their custom. The building has under-

gone a thorough repair, and no expense has beenspared that will coninouie 10 uu .iuiu,..

i ..i k., ti, J.v nr week. Meals and Lunch atall hours of the day. Pic Nic and private partiessupplied at short notice.

. , n ... . tl.A nr.mtuflUood Sleeping noonu """-- u - r -Ttilliard Room and two splen

did Tables connected with this establishment.july29. '7- -

.

REGULAR PACKET FOR LAIIAINA.THE Clinncr Schooner KAME- -IIAMKIIA 111.. Captain AftToiA.l. r.. A.Animiut:ii iiktia. K ill runllt&V I'll: IIVWI"'""- - -

: a a a i : . a a. .regularly between uiw pri "u .

n:i Kiirt-n- t wlion mimreil on 11 IS MSK'StV s serviceI Ir Aav nf ilonarturo from Honolulu, as near ascan be calculated upon, will be Monday, at 5, P.M. ;

from Lahama, on 1 hursday evenings, one w in car-

ry mails and take freight and passengers, but willnot be accountable for damage sustained by freight.

Apply to Captain on board.my 22 tf.

HAWAIIAN HOTEL.JOHN J. HALSTEAD wouldrespectfully inform Ma.tcr of vessels and Strangers viMting Lahama,that he has opt-ne- the above-nam- ed

Hotel, on the corner of Broadway and Canal sts.The house is fitted up in elcjant style, and every

attention will bo paid to the wants and comforts ofvisitors. Billiard Tables and Bowling Saloon attached to the establishment.

Lahaina, July 13, 1848. ly- -

FOR SALE OR TO LET.THE spacious House and adja- -

?fl 1 KAlnn.fMii. tit 1r Dlliljtll

lately occupied as the Consulate ofFrance, entry to be had irom me yuioi

February, 1849. tor terms apply to Jules Duuoit,Esq., care of R. C. Wyllic, Lsq-- , Koscbank.

oct28 f

FOR SALE,A HOUSE and Lot in Honolulu,Itmiinl in th imf.ilintA virinitv of th

nru-at- raii!im- - nf II. M Kurlanr. Kun.: also a lotof land containing an acre, more or less, situatedat Waikiki. on which is erected an adobia building.

Eor particulars, as to terms, price. Sec, apply tojy 29 tt JOHN R. JASPLR.

NOTICE.JAMES ROBINSON & CO

having opened their new Butchr r Shopon the new wharf opposite the Cus-

tom House, respectfully inform theirfriends and former customers, that they will o ableto supply them with the best BLLr the islands af-for-

at the usual prices my 2 2 ly.

NOTICE.

PROPER APPLICATION having beenWilliam L. Lee, Esquire, Chief Justice

of the Superior Court, by Kanui, for the appoint-ment of Administrators, upon the Estate of Kania-hcl- c,

of Honolulu, Oahu, lately dying intestate:Notice is hercby'giveu, to all persons w hom it mayconcern, that April 21st, A. D. 1949, at lOo'clorkin the forenoon, is a day and hour appointed lorhearing said application, and all objections thatmay be offered thereto, at the Court House in thetown of Honolulu.

HENRY RHODES,Clerk of the Superior Court.

Honolulu, March 10, 1849. eopiit.

NOTICE.

PROPER APPLICATION bavin? beenWilliam L. Lec. Esquire, Chief Justice

of the Superior Court, by T. C. B. Rooke, for theappointment of Adminitratois uon the estate,and proof of will of Kcolcwa, of Honolulu, Oahu,lately deceased : Notice is heicby given to all per-

sons whom it may concern, that Saturday, the 21stday of April, A. D. 1819, at II o'clock in the fore-

noon, is a day and hour appointed for hearing saidapplication and proof of will, and all objectionsthat may be offered thereto, at the Court House in

the tow n of Honolulu, aforesaid.HENRY RHODES.

Clerk of Siqerior Court.Honolulu, March 10, 1849. Op3t

NOTICE.fFHE undersigned holding a large tract ofJ landm one of the richest and most dis-

tricts of Kauai, wish to let part to lespeclable per-

sons terms low and rent payable in produce. Forparticulars apply to J .C. Gummer, Esq., al tlx; Gov-

ernment IIoue, Honolulu, II. Swinton, E., La-

haina, or to the undersigued at Hanalei, Kauai,jy 22 6m. G. RHODES & CO.

NOTICE.

IO Shipmasters and others. For ale byAgcnta of the Hudson's Bay Company:

2 Cabooses, complete for ships, 2 do. for schooners.An assortment of the best patent Anchors ami

Chain Cables, Ship's Pumps, Hawse Pipes,Artificial Horizons, Spy Glasses,Sets of Charts of the Chin Seas and I'jciIh.

Ocean, Stc.. &c. &c dl. if.

JUST PUBLISHED!T ADD & CO.r. HAWAIIAN GOVERNXiMENT. The printed record of the Court olArbitration held by Messrs. Stephen II. Williamsand James F. B. Marshall, Arbitrators under compact of 13h July. 1846.

Anthony Ten Eyck for plaintifls; John Rirord fordefendants. 671 pazes octavo; price $2,30. Forsale at this odicc. aug 21 tt

NOTICE.rPHE undersigned hereby givrs notice thatJ no other person but him is authorized to con-

tract debts on tho private account u( II. II. M.,and that he will pay no debts w hich are not dulyauthorized by himself.

Palace, Honolulu, ) A. PAKI,June 30th. 147. ) tf. Chamberlain.

FOR SALE

BY the Agents of the Hudson's Baya general assortment of Good, besides

Naval Stores, Stationery, Spar, Boards. Plank andRafters.

Also Beef, Pork, Flour, Salmon, and Butter ofsuperior quaiity. tf t 2.

FOR SALE OR TO LEASE.TX)R sale or to Ieaae, on application atJL the Home Office, a tract of Land containing 44acres, lying between the mauka Waikiki Road andMaunapohakn, near Punahou. tf oct 14

SU1XGLES.rPIIE subscribers have just received andJL oiler for sale, 30,000 CaliforniaWiinr .

jy!3. tf. MAKEE, ANTIION St CO.

HEADS.1CASE of Beads, assorted color, for sale

MAKEE. ANTIION & CO.jy 15. tf.

SALMO.1?OR sale, f0 bbls Salmon in prime- - order,

F. RODRIGI EZ VIDA.tf

'PI IK public1 lowing facts :

CAVEAT.attention in tailed to the

I.i Thai on Ibo ZltU ol ovrniBcr, a.. -

I.. I. .n n.l Premier ol ine liawai.an .

f,.- -

I'll.UimU ,

si Mirda contract, without any prper or tal iabl

consideration, by which Peter A. Krmpwad. V il--

hani lloopei ,or their awign. ""'unimproved and unoccupied lands lor rrrtam pr-- .

until lU 21th Notembcr. UMJ.wl.uh tightof location, was. on tU 13th JpleiUr. IMi. -

tended without further confl.ralivn i iieNovember, IMS. .

2d. That when thr yet remained two year eonsit month of the term for such location, mhI iiriua- -

mad, Ladd and Hooper, by tbctr duly empoweredAttorney, P. A Brinsmade, sold and lranlrrcd alltheir rights under said contract to the Belgian Com-

pany of Colonization, and by a contract eieeoteJ atBrails, on tb 17th of May, A. D. 19 13. with tba I

Company, divested themselves of the light to lo

cate and enjoy such land.3d. That the Belgian company "oi navmj ow

ed or demanded the right ot lotatin suh lands,from the 17th of May, 1843. to the 2ll ! Novem-ber, IS43, the time for such location has completelyelapsed, and the aid two contracts have bcunuerotl by their own terms.

4th. That said contract of I'll , in accordancewith the estabJinhcd custom of tbc Ulands, hav-

ing been made in duplicate, one being left in I hehands of each party thereto, and aach duplicateconsisting of an Lngluh ami Hawaiian vrr.M.n,duly signed and sealed, it na come to tie imwi.i- -nf the undersigned, that Ladd & Co., not withstand-ing they have sold and delivered the Englitb venoonof said contract to tho Belgian Company of Coloni-

zation, have lately aligned the Hawaiian vcimof said contract to other parties for purposes an--known to said King and Government.

Therefore, know all men, that in rase any p'o"or persons shall hereafter pretend lo claim r acrtany right under cither of thoM void contrail bvreason of iHirchaar, tranafcr or assignment, whperson or persons will meet the just and legal oppo-viiio- n

of the Hawaiian Government.And bo it further known to all men, that whoever

khall purchase! said contrai Is, will purchase them athw or their own peril, and be deemed to have pur-

chased a nullity.Done by order of the King and Government of ih

Hawaiian Island, at the Icprtmnt of Finance, inHonolulu. Oahu, Hawaiian Mauds, this Slat day olMay, 1!47.

C. P. JI DD.Minister of Finance and Attorney for the King's

Government. my zl ly.

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NOTICE.

SEAMEN and Slrangrrn tinting ihit I'ottmtiud lo allend tho Seamen'

Chapel, which m open for Public Worship eveiySabbath, at II o'tlock, A. M. and 7 P. M. Sealfree.

Religion service will be held at tho VeslryRoom every Thursday evening. I'sually there willlie aj.ecture delivered.

The Seamen' Conceit for Prayrr i held al theVealry Room the thud Monday evening eat h month.

Seamen belonging to vccl, of all nation. --

iling tin port arc mv ited to call at tho Chaplain'Study, where they will ho gratuitously supplied with

copies of Ihe Friend and 01 ber reading mailer. Ilwill bo more convenient for the Chaplain lo receivecall from Seamen between 2 and 4 o'cloek.

Public services at the Native Churches, nn theSabbath, commence at A. M. and 2 P. M.

The Seamen Reading Room in open al all Imurof ihe day. Strangers arming ami having late foreign paper, are respectfully muled to aid in keeping aid room xipplied with nerlul reading mailer.

tj DunalHMi are respectfully soIh iied fr thesupport of Ihe Chaplaincy, and tho pwhlKalMin ofTba Friend. An annual report of all donations a

made lo the American Seamen' Friend Society, m

New York. Any person contributing Ihe sum of$50 is entitled lo become a Life Director of the So-

ciety, and by $20 to heromo an llonorarv LifeMember. SAMUEL C. IMMoN.

may 20 -- ly Seamon's Chaplain.

JtM REWARD!T AMES V. LEWIS aUrondcd from Hono-- )

lulu, on Friday. Dee. 17. IM7, taking wiih hintabout rjt.tHMI in gold and silver, and one Bill of Ex-

change, dated Honolulu, Dee. 17, H 47, drawn byHenry Champlm. Maer of ship Henry Tuke, onBurr Smith, ol Warren, H. I . for between n.

and tHMJ dollar. San! ezchange was drawn in a sotof 1st, 2d. 3d and 4th.

Said LEWIS m a man about 35 years of age, darkswarthy completion, Mark eyes and hair, tomannote, stout, well built, ami about feet tall, lie tan American by tirtb, and formerly resitted al Am-

sterdam, about 17 miles weal of Ikbenoelady, N. V.,on the Erie Canal. He wore small gold ear-fin- inboth cars when he left. He left in the ship HEN-RY TUKE. Capt. Cbauaplin.of Warren. K. I , andis suppoeed to be connected with a Mr. W illiam II.Ilardiek, who went passenger in I bo same vcmcI.

All person are cautioned againal negotiatingsaid Bill of Em hange ; also a receipt gnen bv

Capt. Champlm ami ma.le payable lo lh aforesaidW. II. Harditk, dated Honolulu, Imh Dec , I IT.for J?3H.

The subscriber will pay the above reward for theapprehension and conviction nf the said James F.Lewis and the recovery of Ihe property afore!.

JOSEPH BOOTH.Honolulu. Dec. 15. 117.

5M) lir.H'ARIIIriIEHE.S ihe unttct signed baa reason

If to believe thai in on or more caee, sptrriw-ou- sliuor havo been smuggled on shore al that

port : Now, therefore, I his a to give mil ire lo allwhom il mav concern that tho undrignd oner aReward of Five Hundred Dollars lo any person orpersona who may give information that ahall leadto the detection and conviction of any party or par-

ties who have been, or may hereafter ho engaged inlanding spirituous liuora in thai kingdom, contrarylo the law thereof.

Furthermore, tho undersigned pledge hinuelthat, if required by the party or pe,rtsa giving m hinformation, their names shall, at their option, hescrupulously concealed.

WILLI M P.ITV.Colloc'of tisneral of Customs.

Honolulu, March 25. I". If

Hawaii nvr.t TATOIl.'OMI'LITK St t of the HawaiMti SrxrJ tator, for ihe years ami I "3", for sale at Urn

foiynesian (rniro. Prne f I per vol

1 hum Flit ial nii.n tTi....'ONDENsKD ABSTRACT OK i vu

V- - RESPECTING COMMERCE, P--

information of Shin Master and iher. Iru..'k'the port of I he llanaiun Maud..

Vessels arriving iH Ibe ports ol Mrviwit4kt ,

usual niaiine i?nai 11 inv aim a ili.The lilol will si - r,

ml present the health cerm-- i ate be itj .Ihe captain. If Ihe vessel m free horn an)gmn, Ihe captain wdl honl the wb. Ha, .

km he will hoist the vellww Hag. and uUj'it,ret ti of Ihe pilot and health utWtr

Passports must bo etkimted to ihe t'ovcrrcollector by Mseenget before landing.

Master of vessels allow ing hafgage to fabefore compliance with the lana, are subset t

'

tine off ou.Master of vessels on arriving al any f

of entry are rciuircd l deliver all letter t ihr,'lector of custom. The law rcgatuieg ik, Vlnw,of letter by shipmaster lo I ho collet tot, mlake ellecl on promulgation by 11m llanasW !,,'jestv in privy teuntil.

The commanding orfittr nf any mere haul .,,.immediately after coming lo anchor al ariher illegalised port of entry, shall snake knowa 1,collector of etiMoma the hooiness upon nkKkkteasel has come lo has port furnish hnw ,of passenger, and veliver him a manifest f n,cargo with whnh she M laden, containing iaariIMnumber and lbs name of Ik awe lo whom taoxf,

Tho Collector, at km discretion, a a--1 at ta n.pense of any vessel, may prv sse an othVer ipresent on board sut k vessel during her hailurjsuperintend tho disembarkation, and see laiother or greater amount of nieribanl ht Uvthan I el forth in Ihe permit.

All goods landed al auy of the porta of tmand, are subject to a duly of live per ttal.lurtm.

Tho following are the only port of caliy at uVaislands, v it : for merchantmen, Honolulu, U.ea.tojLahama, Maui ; and for whaler, in aiiilit ,lo, II1I0, llawan, lltnalei, Kauai and EtabUkua, Hawaii. The port charges on exert kt atel are as follow: At Honolulu, 7V rii (,.

ton; huovs, f 2; rlesrtnct, f I : mlolae in ni91 per foot, each way. Al Lahama, aakertf,due. )!; pilotage. l ; health ceitinrt, ,

light, t)l j canal, (if weed.) ti. and cleanwefi'By a law promulgated ill tho Polrsteiaa (.

per. of Juno 19. 1117, whaleahipe are. Iraev

after thai dale, ciempted fom all charge f paw-age- ,

tonnage dues, nr anchorage fee, al all tU i.rious ports of entry for whalers of this fro a.

Hereafter, the charges on whalers wdl h tkv.anee, til; permit, (when required,) f I, task. Min addition thereto, at Honolulu, hus, 1Lahama, health certificate, f I; light tl.tia.(when used.) f 2; and at Kealakcakoa, Wtiiattj-lifiea'e- ,

f I.Wbaleahipe are allows ) lo land food t tU iW

no of 1200, free of dotv, hut if tley tirvta ;mamount, they are then In hie to pay fiv itrxtit ntho whole amount landed, a weil a llckreipilotage and tonnago dee, or anchor me hm.n'juired of whalers by law previous lo Juoe 19, Itand if Ihe good landed shall (treed t)lM, talati only permuted by law si Honolulu smi Laithey will then be roretdertd a sner baiiiex, m

ibect lo ihe like rhargas and legal lialnlititi.Ihe permits granted lo whalers, l

Ihe tiade, sale, or landing nf spinluowi Ikusmi.Any such traffic by them, (whnh is rohibu

at l.aksitto atiil llatftolufit. la ill aiikf! l!i to 1 1.a rhar... unnn Mrr aanluiao Iftw It siins I to an.mcnt of iweMy rente per Ion, as wel' at tinrhorage of Lahama and al tho roadsU id f H

lulu, aa within I He port of Honolulu.lie fur nbiamiag itearanee, earn 1 lip-s-- t

required lo prmlueo lo ihe Collector f t ' ,terltficate under Ihe aeal of has Consul, Ikal ail

gal thaige or demands, la) iisa onire, ugawwt nateaeel, bate been paial.

Spirsluou or lermenled liejonr lantUj at W

ihe i.fthee island, are subjett tu lb Mmw--

in g dtilsra, 111 : rum, gin. hrsndy, wbad et , Ac .

pr gallon; wines, (evtepl (lartl,) ajuiMi.na!, tkr , fl per gallon ; vlartl wma, sogal ; mall antl cnler per rent. 4

Prooutt ol the whale tisbery may I trstkar(freo Irom any barge oflren.il aVly.

ease la land ig gootls npam W M k I tt' deist inot been panl, aie liable lo aeuure ani roehiaaiB.

If any person commit an onenro on ikore. m iaonVmler escape on haeid if any vetl, H 1 tail W

iho duly of Ihe rommanding ofliter f mmIsurrender Iho ssertad or tulprit stMu lo aav --

car ol Iho pnlne wha demand hw aorrendel pJut two of a legal warrant.

It shall not be lawful lor snv person on bfd altvessaj al author in Ihe liabnf el llwnsdolu, I ilkrstones vr other rubbish on iboeid, undai a penalty

I 'HI.

All sailors found a)' al l ahama, alel t Uane of Ihe drum, or al lUnt.UU. aOvl the imjio;

Iho hell, are iuhi I lo ihMikOMwa and a nn ol f.Shipmastcra most give snim lo Ike ailr '

of Ihe desertion of any tf lf.ew Sauorv wMkwl

hours, under penally f p 100.Seamen are not !!.. t U be uistMrfe ai

of the porta nf these island tteptMtg tkoae f Ubains and Honolulu.

Il shall mil ho laoful todavrharge seansrn alt"nf the lrW of I he an isUnda wMhoul Iho wrH'eaenl of ihe tiovernor.

1 1 ....)..!.. .ftvJ I ... il Mfttts ink'native seamen are allowed lots i'p - a1I hone plaree wnh ike l.wiernor' const nl oel.

Any iihcI lakmg awsy a prisoner I iota) 1mmtnd. shall ho ihjetl m a fino of JnJ.

To entitle any veaoel to a clearance, M bailruMtks.l no Ifcas ssisiftlt.it mST.mm 9 to tmH"

lb rollaclorol tuetotwa wrih n (nanilcM nl ca'flentied lo be tiiMMted in ax h ttaael.

II ahall n4 ho lawful for Iho coenmaavtuvgof any Hawaiian or foreign vvssol, lo ta-r- y

late kingdom a Sj paawnger, so domMUtanateriluad foceiener or native, wribowt prethibiiion lo hnw of paesport from lis) M'Jliswltial I oreign Malalwns.

Retailers of aptrilooua Uiuora are not alUe " I

keep Iheir houees open later than o'clotk I

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evsning, antl I hay a lo bo cksa Irwtn saia- -

svenin unlit Monda momma?.Rapid ruling in I bo streets as proUlile aa" I

penally of f J.IIRieo hours al Ibe t o torn I 9s. and oi p

lie otT.ees, every day (eieept Sundats) Crno clotk, a. at , till 4 m ikK a r.

NOTICE--: TO NIIIPM INTKR.ASTKKS AND OKKICEKS ofMarriving al Iho port ol tho Hawa.san Lias

will ronfer a treat later upon ne by forward-- ; 'our ofTita, a rwmph te report of their vessels.

W balemen will please eeily Ibeir tonne;. ""owned, month out, sndaanounl of whale droil, loeeiher with a of veeeeU .fhn,deaths, and any other mtriligenre, whnh mav 'interest to Iho public net, of in other rouatnts

M aster of mert aaaitneo are re)uetsd loas msfioi poMublo alter thsif arrival, a rT" 'their veal, v ease la snoken, ImI mt MMnra,el h It al Iho port they are from, with ay -

mlelligento I hey may be in noaawaeion nf.Mr. II. S. Swinton in our agent al Lahama.

will forward any paper of shipping aarmoraaeaewith hnn.

Persons rersivins late inlelliffence fiom "win cooler a lavor ky lorwanting it lo our l

early a poasible; i I of whKh favors, w i1'!ttappy lit reciproealo. '

;ovF.u4nt:5iT mi:.iiiucE ok rrniftin stamps1 lated bv Law. to be imrfceo al tk- -

. i- - i - n . "... i . ..'-..- i. r ioniy. mm loiiowmg "oeirmeai in ee ij i

require a uy uaw in te aiampoti."All deeda, Waea, mortgages of prel r

petiy, hvpolherstmn. bonds, all tonlto1greemeuts not lo be pertemned wtyiitmII articles of co partnership, allatenaMins, powers of attorney, peiiiieo. ". .I... .l.. f . ... L,lr "

menlary and of admin:ntrstmn,mtntori'.'f

Proeesa of iho Court of Judicalvire. (J"f"'ho island di'lriet just ires.) fiflf r

i.. --.1.1 . i . ..... i rum oi law notice. - pi

:ftW n.rt of Iki. ft. l . tka atMr. '.i . . ... i ...lsispany inrrem preactitiee ; ami ine juuift ti

quired hy tho act lo orgasms H judieif.ho ripens of any party iherem preenip"- -

STAMPED PiPIR. Ulier and ee''sale al Iroeortice. Prne . V

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HK.rri.ia I'krrB'Oil sal, at tb l'.ly Othcr

larj;o ned Wrppng PPr ' --a iper suitable for patking.