The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-04-27
Miscellaneous.
Adventures Of a Printer
ROM NOE.

writer lcf New York IN 1916, as full private
in LOl, Steyenson's regiment Aner the wars
were over he remained in California, where
lc Was employed by Gen. Vallejo ns n oarpen.
IN, aI tie time the gold mines were discover
81. lle Of course took his chances AZ gold
tIgF'ue, TINT HuuU abandoned the business
Wien we last heard from him previously TO
ffcuer received on Friday lao was ono Of
ne'publishars oflhe Californian. lie writes
mat ho soon abandoned lhis speculation. Tie
concludes his adventures for The present hy
being wrecked one day ut Honolulu, aud
marrying the daughter ofthe chief of the viii
nge on The following Sunday, iul let him
speak for himself
"lho paper was slow pny In those times,
10 sold out my interest aud gained ono or
Mo thousand dollars, which spent, Spec
ulAtod llile, however, aud did wol-ihileu
100 some things, but m0do IL up on others.
ON the 0th Of October lng, I'm company
with seven lrfl Snu Francisco on a visit 10
the beautiful Islands," intending nnorwnrd
10 -n to Chinn, make our WAY overland 10
Ru--ln, where have an uncle aud lhonco
,o England, where could tnlo passage fur
home On the 2stli NJ noon, when we were
within two leagues of the hnrbur Of Honolulu
u came on TO blow gale. We stood OF and
succeeded IN Worrying out the gHlo hut Just
lN w N'lN flAf'llk lllf VlNNll OF lllt lNNilNll
10 cumo on to hlow very hard from lhc North.
wcsr; aud IN five minutes were hard nuti
msi on the shore. ! rushed to my chest for
my dimes, aud had barely timo 10 secure
Them when the hull parted kcclcd over aud
nllrd secured n spar, md cling tO II md
tho dint, like grim death 10 u deceased An.
cam NJ
AGor hoing IN the water about three quar-.
lcrs ofn an hour, lashed 10y the surf and hruis.
ed 10y the spar, gained the shore. kissed
lirr earth where first stopped, mud deter.
m'nod never To leave it. layiug 65 pounds
ol gold dust about my person, beside thrcc
~ four hundred dollars in gold coin, ! was
completely exhausted, aud turned iu for the
-liallL Tor niaiifi II iIcrnII- tir4iiiit,f "a s.,-
cu1-iAt tree, where | slept snundly unul ~
or o'clock, when iuwokc SO sun with cold
and sore lrom my hrdisrs thnt could scarce.
Nnovc. To my great JOY discovered
nfr1hout hnlfn uilo To the West. IL prov
eiio.ho village Of the natives lknnukns,)
"ho,on lcnrnlng,by signs, my III fortune, stir.
"duphG IRE gave me some boiled pork,
bread iruit, ynms and a.yarety Of eating mnt-
ter, Afcr had disposed orthis turned in
on some mnts, where slept soundly until
sunrise, when arose.
After had made my toilc, was intro
luccl to the chief Of tie village. lie il of
high rnuk and much respected lli- name
Is kauni, and he is related IA The King of the
Islands. lie is very polite, SPOKE English
durntly offered me n house, some land, aud
Ii, daughter in marriage. if would 1--we
With his tribe md instruct them As far ns
A4-- able, tn The afIs of civilization, thank
cd him for his offer aud told him | would
lhink over the matter.
After this interview I went down 10 the
N@ch, accompanied 10y party Of the nntivcs
ul1ok aficr the wreck, but nothing, could be-
scrG snvc the spar on which came ashore.
When discovered the sad result ofihc storm
sat dawn on the beach and wcpt like Il
child. had lost thc ouiy friends thnt | have
had since tgtt my homo. But tears ARE oi
no avail. so ] made up my mind To bear it,
and to accept the offer of the chief aud be.
come his sou. | accordingly, on my return
to the village, informed the chief that |
would accept his offer. lie Immediately in
HQduccd uo to the far one Her nnmo is
Nmnrn Mnry,l She is ofn lght coppct col.
or II years old five feet four inches high,
small hand and foot, black hair aud oycs, and
above all, very Rflectionate. Her dress con.
sisted of n faded blue satin skirt coming no
lower than the knee, moccasins aud lcggiugA
and n curiously wrought beAd head Dress
She was 10y 40 means bashful, and none too
modest She sat OH my knee aud kissed me,
and when asked her it she would marry
-ne Sl4e SAID yes without Il+e III -hesti1
Ton. aud expressed wish that the ceremo-
ny should take place the next Sunday, say
ng that missionary would he there ON that
day This agreed TO, when she rewarded
me with kiss and ran of to her father.
The following dnyI visited the capital and
purchased the wedding dresses for tity lady
and myself together with some presents for
me hride, and on Sunday Eve twain were
made one flesh"
On Monday my fathcr-n-law, at my re-
quest, set several men at work getting out
cocon-nut logs to build my house, and in the
course OF ten days, substantial dwelling 10
feet front, 25 feet deep aud 25 feet high, was
completed. This is the only building of the
And in the village, all the others being built
otrceds and mud. The chief is very much'
reascd with it and hope that within year
4n whole village will be of log houses.
have offered TO furnish nXes and other tools,
anal think the natives will build themselves
better houses.
nm perfectly contcntcd with my situation
and think that mine is peculiar happy lot.
After SO long n Struggle with the world,
poor as a rSi"-stcking type for a living
10 be cast ashore with pocket full of rocks
among friendly savages, in this lovely eli
mate.
am still good Wing, and if my second
glr turns out to he hoy, he shall be called
Henry Clay. BY the way think of agiiaI-
'ug the project Oft the annexation of his lluw
TUTH maIGsTy's Ji0min0ns 10 ttru tUitud
states. - Ircuton M j. Gazehe.
c. rbe Transcript says that good story
IS rs told of a man in Montgomery street San
rancsco, who, on STOPPING to pick mp n hat
with bont hook hpnfJ "a vnire within IL crV- |