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Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1851-08-23
LINES

LINES
Composed by the state Prisoners on board H. u
S. S,cif1 ,chen locked up ,cithout light al
nine o'clock tn the erening under such infole
rable heat as rendered 1t impossible for them
to go to sleep. This ditty ,cas ,critten in the
dark by one Of the party.
Although it is lot to range
The earths wide surface o'er,
Yet still our hearts can know change,
We're Paddles evemore.
Place us beneath yon beaming sun
On Afric's arid shore
Yet e'en within the torrid
We're Paddles evemore.
Though whiskey now, and gin and ale
To US be known no more,
Yet still our spirits never fail
We're Paddles evermore.
Let beef be tough and biscuit dry
And mkless pour,
Wen shed tear, Wen heave sigh
We're Paddles evcrmore.
Though short our day and quenched our light
Before that day be o'er,
Yet still our hearts can know night
Ne'rS Paddles evermore
Let sharks and dophins shun the hook
Baited from purser's store
Well catch them yet by hook or crook
We're Paddles es'evermore
Though Neptune, come with Tar and soap
Our bearded chins
Still with this shaver will cope
As Paddles evemore.
Although the whitening surge beat high,
And loud the tempest roar,
Yet quail when death seems Nigh
We're Paddles evemore.
Although the Cape no hope may bring,
Our tone will not lower
For still in Table Bay We'll sing
We're Paddles evemore.
10
And when head Van Diemen's strand,
Transported to that shore,
In prayer we'n bless our native land,
As Paddles evermore.
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Honolulu, Dec. "a, 1856

(yoopERACE.-C. II. Marshal. having taken the
stand on the corner Of Fort and Hotel streets.
nearly opposite his old stand. would respectfully
form the public that he is prepared to sxeeese
.nv orders in the cooperage line. ~ the shoeeM
notice and on the most reasonable terms.
shower baths, and work Of every descriptions 4
to order. keo. 70. too..-se-.z-zz.z
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NOTICE. The undersigned having receiv-
IN ed the appointment of gent for the disposition
Of His Majestys Pirate Lands. hereby gives notice
Ito all persons who may from time to time wish to
lease portions Of the same that il will be proper
address their applications 20 the undersigned at his
Soiice in the Palace
CHARLES GORDON HOPKINS.
Feb2 SS-tf
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1851-08-23

AND FOR SALE.-The undersigned has few
lots Of land situated on Waikiki piains for prr-
|vate sale. Plans Of the above may be seen at the
auction room. l-tf II. SEA.
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NSzS COMMERCIAL HOTEL.
.:. HENRY MACFARLANE begs

NzxA COMMERCIAL HOTEL.
s:H HENRY MACFARLANE begs
liIlIH3 to acqnaint his friends, and Gentlemen
arriving in Honolulu, that his Hotel
will be found TO possess every requisite accom-
modation Wines, Spirits, Ale and Porter, of su-
peror quality. Superior Billiard Tables and Bowl
ing Alleys. Hot, Cold, and Shower Baths.
WINES, SPIRITS, ETC, PER BOTTLE.
Champagne, 81 so Whskey So SO
Port - 2 90 Brandy, Martell's xo
Sherry 2 90 best,- '0
Madeira, q 90 Gin, Schiedam best 2 SO
Hook, l so Ale,- rs
Sauterne, : 90 Porter, IS
Claret, 90 Cordials & Liquors 90
Cider, Il 90 Old Tom, 2 so
BATHS.
Cold and Shower Baths. so
Honolulu, September 2lst, 1s5O.-l9-ly.
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no LEASE for term Of years.-Six acres Of
/ land on Waikiki Plains, near the residence OF
wm Jarrett. 1t is well situated for hospital or
any object Of that character. Enquire at the Ma
tional Hotel. i4-tf J. BOOTH.
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sp We publish the following valuable
papers, which are from among the docu-
menis presented to the Royal Hawaiian Agri-
cultural Society at their late annual meeting
in this city.
u.,ol,,I,, A,ouct OH ISS1
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WILLIAM s. O'sRIEy
Written board H.M S. Swim, July 81, ls4s
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So that the act was passed, not by Southern
vote, but by majority Of one, by The North
the "hostile" North. And suppose the whole
South had opposed it, the Northern vote Of 26
would still have carried it against the "a Southern
Further, Virginia and Maryland divided their vote
upon the subject, just al Vermont did, while Mas
sachusetts gave majority of five In it, favor -
Rhod- Island, Penns lvania and New Jersey were
unanimous, while New York and Connee ticut
scarce made a feint Of opposition. How will this
sentiment Of the past compare with the conduct of
the people of these at present. How, indeed
Repudiatink their own offspring, law originated
the North, and intended to crafty the North -
These facts stand unanswerabie upon the con-
gressional journals, for the wonder Of posterity,
and the vindication Of the o0uth. Our abolition
societies are constantly in the habit of assaiIipe
the original law, AZ enacted by slAvehoIdine States
having preponderance of voice in the national
councils at the period Of it's pa ssage but these in
teresting facts, for the first time collated. I
believe, will tend to silence that sort of declara-
ton. ni =
Another point in the summing up before close.
Among those who voted from the free States
tor the b!, were the following gentlemen, who
Comsenss'on, and consequently understood their
position and felt their responsibilities to their con-
stituencies ifta tBn
Recorded Yots. tl'sa@
From New Hampshire Nicholas Gilman.
New Jersey-Jnhatha Dayton.
Pennsylvania-Thomas Fitssimmons.
Paaiss Tets.
In the Senate
From Conneoticut--Roxsr Sherman
Pennsylvanis-~Robert Morris,
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siaps ssuses.

The free States, it will be remarked, had one
majority; and unless the free States had voted (or
the bill, it must have failed. This conclusion il
reasonable, because the yeas and nays were not
even ordered. The New England States propose
Iaw--draft its provisions, present it to the
Senate, pass il by their votes-and now assaii il
as an ubiquitous law! What an admirable COM
mentary upon the constituency Of fanaticism
Vermont gave her consent for this law, for her
senators were both present. A divided or mega
tive vote from that State would have defeated It
and obviously she considered the law Just and
constitutional, or she would have indignantly re-
corded her dissent TO its passage. These facts
cannot be controverted Vermont stands self.con.
demned and self-convicted
now turn briefly 70 the proceedings in the
House upon the bill. 1t was reported TO that BODY
from the Senate on the Goth Of January. II re-
ceived its first reading on the 2lst; was committed
to the proper committee and reported by them on
the 4th OF February, with verbal amendment,
and passed the House finally on the 5th of Febru-
ary! But one day was devoted to its considera-
ton from the time it left the hands of the commit-
tee until passed 6nally aud in this brief space
Of time certainly there could have been no debate
and but few objections to its general features
The Senat concurred in the verbal amendment of
the House on the 9th; and it Immediately received
the signature Of the President. Let 1t be observed,
too, tina, the House committee was composed of
the following gentlemen -
Choi'rnan-Theodore Sedgwick Of Massachu-
sets.
Sheerjashub Bourne, Of Massachusetts
Alexander White, of Virginia. t4s
Two members from Massachusetts, and but one
from the South; and the act reported back from
the Senate with merely verbal amendment.
Comment 10 unnecessary. But now for the vote
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-04
The Compliments of the Season.

| Among the various things said and sung
about the delights of New Year. and the cir
cumstances which accompany its advent, no
mention has been made Of the complimentary
billet dour concerning those I" small accounts
which shower'down upon the luckless debtor.
"Pay rs you gowns JOHN RANDoLPHs
wise admonition, but it was not in conformity
with the spirit of the age, and consequently
dsregarded. Besides. if that rule were univer-
sally adopted, many unfortunate individuals who
live on small capital Of wits in default of more
Californian currency, would not go" at all, I'M
less to the aims house--and many lucky specu-
lations in lands and ladies be nipped in the bud
for want of the needful
Besides which, the payment Of cash on all oc-
casions looks ostentatious savoring of suspicion
Of ones own credit, and consequently the credi,
system, that greatest of locomotives, runs on
with rail-car rapidity throughout this country.
| 1t has its pleasures-for rs Lamb justly says
debt is the great nexus between man and man.
If you owe no man any thing, few will take any
interest in your prosperity-man being selfish
animal-not to mention woman, who Of course
is moved by higher motives. Yet il is unsats-
factory, on the day after your New Years jolli-
ficaton, to have thrust into your hand bill for
those segars, which months ago vanished into
thin air-and the smoke gracefully curling from
which now possibly floats above the Rocky Noun.
tans-or for a coat, now needing much the re-
freshment Of its original nap. Unsatisfactory
is this, when you can settle "the small account !"
far more unsatisfactory, when the cash that
should liquidate it has vanished as utterly
as the brown Havanas, or last years snow.
Doubtless in kind consideration of such embar-
RAISING little incidents, one Of our contemporaries
has furnished recipe, which will place the credi-
tor on one of two horns of dilemma. All that
we demand for impartlng this secret is, that our
delinquent subscribers should not try It on us.
aWill you pay me that bill, sir ?" said n tailor
to gentleman, who owed him pretty long one,
ado you owe any body anything. sir y asked
the wag.
4No, sir" said the tailor.
"Thcn you can afford to wait,"-and off he
walked.
A day or two afterwards the tailor called
again. Orr wag was not ut his wits end yet
30 turning to his creditor he said:
"Are you in debt to anybody"
Yes SIR said the tailor.
"Well, why don't you pay
"Tve not the money"
that's just my case, sir. / am glad to see
you can appreciate my condition. Give MS your
hand "
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u. 3. DISTRICT COURT.
Hon. Samuel r. Belts, Judge.
J. w. Metcalf, esq, Clerk.
George w. Morton, ESQ.,, Deputy Clerk.
From the LIST January, 1850, to the Both Decem-
Der 1850, there were instituted $40 suits in admi-
rally. These suits were on bottomry bonds, bills
Of hiding. charter parties, marine hypothscation
and contracts for wages, collisions and personal
torts at sea, salvage, &c, &c. Ofthese there have
been finally disposed of, 100. There are yet pend
ing, and not lrought to hearing, 386.
lAt the last session Of Congress an act was
passed authorizing the circuit judge to designate a
functionary from an adjoining district, TO perform
the duties Of the regular district judge, who, from
sickness or other disability, was unable to perform
the duties Of his office. Under the act, the Hon.
Andrew J. Judson, district Judge for the district
Of Connecticut, was designated, on account Of the
indisposit;on of the Hon. Judge Belts, and he ac-
cordngly held the October, November, and De-
cember terms Of the district court
In the cases argued and submitted during the
past year, Judge Belts delivered twenty written
opinions; and fourteen were delivered by Judge
Judson
F Swits
Every case argued or submitted to the
judge g, has been decided. On the COM
mon law side Of the court there have
been commenced %
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The LOUISIANA SUGAR CRoP-The followin.
letter was received by business house in New
Orleans, and published in the Delta:


letter was received by business house in New
Orleans, and published in the Delta
LAroURcHE INTERIOR, Dec 10, 1850.
aSIR When in the city last week, ns you
know, was not disposed to credit all that /
heard concerning the shortness of the Sugar
crop Of Louisiana but returning home by the
way of Donaldsonville, down the Bayou La
fourche, found the story too true. En- route
down the Bayou ] spent two whole days. j
dined with Gen. -. My inquiries were num-
erous and with the fewest exceptions, (only
nine places, | belicve) the answer was--"We
have finished our grinding
From Donaldsonville to the State Canal put
down the falling of from last years crop one
fourth. To make up the list of sufferers we
include ourselves, though the least hnrt by the
frost and freeze, as one.ft1h will about cover the
damage done the plantation. I.efourche crop
will fall short 1000 hhds. Terrebonne IL doing
no better.
This is statement Of fac's, and not like that
which one gives while the crop is growing
Fair sugars must and will command &C., If La
fourcbe be criterion, or the amount produced
have any thing to do with governing prices"
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"Give tho Devil his due. !"

We have always thought that great injustice
was done to Mr.. BENToN, in the stealing of his
thunder by the compromises, for he it wa1who
first raised the mad dog cry of "Disunionists, .
"Nulli6ers,' &c, &C., against the Southern
Rights men. The compromisers Justify chanting
the same song, now pretend to claim patent
right for it: but SOLITARY and alone" did THos.
H. Benton set that ball in motion, which 6dgetty
Flibbertigbbetes, and perspring paciicators, are
now seeking to climb on, as rotary platform.
In Missouri this matter is rightly understood.
The st. Louis Times speaks as follows:
GREAT STATE CONVENTION UPON THE FuGI-
TIVE SLAVE BILL.-There ia to be State con-
vention at Syracuse, New York, on the 18th, 9th
and 9th of January next, to consider the Fugitive
slave bill, recently enacted by Congress. The
agitatoSs want as many delegates sent to the
proposed convention, rs there are members sent
to the assembly. The New York Tribune says
that similar conventions are to be held in other
States, with view of having, before the close of
January, convention Of the free States against
the measure. Our neighbors of the Wing press
have indnlged themselves to their hearts con-
tent in abuse OF the late Nashville Convention,
which was assembled to assert what they them
selves admit to be the constitutional rights of
the Southern States, and to resist unjust and
unprovoked aggressions Shall we hear any
thing from in condemnation of conven-
ton of the Northern States, proposed to be as.
sembled to violate the Constitution, nulify
constitutional law, and invade Southern rights
and institutions And what have Benton and
his organ, the Union, to say about this move-
ment! Itseems TO us that the Wings and Ben
touitos are both rather slack in sounding the
alarm bell, considering how averse they profess
to be to every thing savoring Of notification
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B Y L z l. f G II A P H.

Photographed for tho Southern Press.
BALTIMORE, January 3-P. M.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER NIAGARA
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE
The Canada arrived at Halifax to-day, with
one weeks later intelligence from Europe. She
brings Liverpool dates to the alst Of December,
and Al passengers.
Cotton has further declined to 4. The sales
Of the week amount to 81, $50 bales.
The favorable advices from indn and the Con-
tlnent, have had favorable effect on the Man
chester and other manufacturing districts.
Germany assumes new aspect. 1t il SIP
posed that the conference at Dresden, between
Austria and Prussia, BODIES no good to the smaller
German States, who are now using energetic
means TO fol- league Of their own.
1t is confidently stated at Paris, that General
Tnhltte, and Lord Palmerston have entered into
an agreement, that If the approaching conferences
at Dresden, attempt to make territorial change
affecting the arrangement nnade by Vienna, the
French and English governments will interfere,
In England and Ireland tho affairs generally are
tranquil.
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edg- We are panied to learn through the
North Carolina papers, the death of HENRY J.
Poole, 80 favorabIy and widely known as the
editor of the Wilmington Aurora--one of the
strongest and staunchest champion of Southern
Rights.
We had not the pleasure ofpersonally know
ing Mr. TooLE-but by his works we knew him
to be nm ardent and patriotic Southerner, ms well
as nm able writer, and regret his removal from
cause, for which we were battling together.
The sense of duty faithfully and manfuIly per-
formed, must however, have recoucled him and
his friends, to his removal from post, which he
abandoned only at the fiat Of Omnipotence.
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cratic party are without platforra, ard without
nationality To secure national platform, and
a national candidate, they must each have ma
tionsl convention Aud here we come to . dead
halt kS
There is formidable obstacle to y national
convention ia the resolutions Of the Nashville
Convention, recommending the South to refuse
to participate 10 either Of the old party conven-
tons and to run candidate or candidates Of
their own. The strong re-agitation in behalf OF
the Union in the extreme South, does not ind-
cate party juctioa with either Wings or
Democrats in the North. The Wing and Demo-
cratic parties In the South are dissolved. The
Union and disunion parties have superseded
them and absorbed them. The only national
ticket that could count upon carrying the North
and the South, would he n Union ticket, upon
the Union plitform of the late adjustment, and
the letter and the law Of the compromises Of the
Constitution, in good faith, and to the full i'm
tent of the compact, without any regard what
ever to Wing or Democratic antiquities.
An idea has recommended itself to some Of
the old politicians, Wing and Dem0cratic--the
old hunkers or conservatives, who are casting
about them for some plank upon which to swim
ashore. The friends of Clay and the friends Of
Cass entertain the same sentiments of the late
adjustment and the Union. The sentiments Of
the majority Of the people, North and South,
are with them, both Wings and Democrats
But If one runs as Wing and the other as q
Democrat, or if any other Wing against Cass,
or any other Democrat runs upon the Union,
| the ultras, North or Sonth, may defeat them both
with the balance Of power. The only chance,
then, is for the friends of Clay and Cass to
unite their strength upon Union ticket, so M
to combine the forces of the Union party. This
is tantamount to a complete extinction Of the
last vestiges Of the Wing and Democratic par
| ties but the crisis suggests it, and we under
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OF whish there ~ tipd AL diapossd Of 9
Thsrs - still pendiGG n
On be atminsl side efthe couSHs here have
bSSn nisssnse1 indietmsnts 81
or thssS {hess have ho6n dismissed .
Recogu Ancss ftrfeile4 in .
Tired ~ disposed Of 49, II
And there are still pending ~
Of these latter, hfeesn bills were found at the
present term OF TIE court, the term ofwhich Closes
by law, on Monday, the 9Th ofJanuary, 1851.
STATISTICS or CRInE IN New YvRx.--We give
below statistical table showing the entire BUSH
ness Of the criminal courts for the year just ended
compared with the business Of the same courts for
the year preceding. These tables are interesting.
a. showing the comparative amount Of addicted
ness to crime which exists IN the city and it also
shows the comparative morality Of the population
of the city now and in former years. fey5
The following table shows The convictions in
the various criminal courts Of different periods.
from 1902, 10 the present time, with the popula-
ton Of the city at these different times -;
~ n 1kf " n -
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SUPERIOR couRr-rRANsEERRED BRANCH.
Judges-Hon. John Duer
Hon. John L. Mason.
Hon. William w. Campbell
The number Of causes argued and disposed Of
in this branch, which have been principally old,
heavy, and intricate chancery suits, were as fol-
low:
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&S0W NANy 4SeRW 0t8@ADSs<to.
1t appears fssm tho following tablss that the
number Ut cases in law and eqnity, argued in
the several courts lAst year, was 1855.
II appears from the Cdmiual Calendar that
the higher courts was 800.
The population is now 5l7,8O0. In 1885 it
was 370,089, and the convictions then were
1856 so that in fifteen years the population has
quadrupled This is progress, with vengeance.
The convictions do not however by any means
indicate the amount Of crime. The arrests for
various Offences amount in the city to more than
ttirty.fvs thousand in a single year, more than
one person out Of every fifteen OF the population.
But as the arrests are Of adults chiefly, and the
number Of adults IL only about half the number
Of population, the arrests are about ons in eight
Of the adults But US the arrests are of adult
males chiefly, and the number Of adult males is
only about half Of the adult population. the
number Of arrests is about one to epery four
on an average Of the male adult population. OF
course some are arrested more than once in
year but then there are many criminals who
escape arrest entirely.
From the .Nsp York Herall. :.
SrArIsrIcs or THE Law CoUaTs Fer THE YKAa
1850--In presenting the readers ef the Herald
with the statistics Of the law courts for the past
year, we feel great pleasure in bearing testimony,
not only to the kindness and afabity Of the vari-
GUS officials Of the several courts, whose names
q re- aP nnnAuded in Il vta
in the compilation Of these tables but also OF the
uniform courtesy he at all times receives from them
in the performance Of his duties. The county
clerk, George w. Riblet, esq, is likewise entitled
TO our thanks, for the willingness he invariably
evinces TO facilitate US on all occasions:--
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Here is some Poetry az is Poetry Mister
delter-as my gal seys al the BOWS rites po
terry fur do nuespeapers, plese to Put thes bro
neck in big tipcs so me eongele can Spell It wei
g. redelly -
a Sonnsffe tu me S,Ostshmts EisSror.
sum gals cheaks are reddish lik the Rose
but 60 In stronge fur watts abov the nose
2 streked ARCH Of the darkst hu
stands Csntrsy abov hur sies Of blu
o'Cud STEELE atm Of tibet Eyebrow Brits
Gehosfat thenks. Di shud with Delite.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-04

Convictioas, .acquiftals, ETC. lad n Ae Courts q
Oyer ona 1trmiasr, GensvsI and Special SEASONS
.MW York. during The year 1850, compared with
those of l849
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me ABOVE SHOWS That Maryland and Virginia.
by large vote, encouraged Tho movement upon
which our existing domestic troubles are based,
and that in reality the four slave States equally
divided their vote upon the snbjsc4. Other peti-
tons and memorials began 10 pour in, uatil, in
good faith % the original compacts Of the Consti-
tuition, the free States determined 70 uaks tho hsr-
borage Of fugitive slaves penal offence, and at
the same time 70 put down the abolition societies
in the country. 10 this end, on the twsn,y-
second Of November, 1892, it was ordered in the
Senate, that " a committee Of three be appointed
TO draft fugitive slave bills and the chairman Of
thai COMMITTEES, aud the author Of that act, was
Mr. George Cabot of Massachusetts,. On tho
10th Of September Of the same year, Mr. John
ston of North Carolina, (who, with MI. Read. Of
Delaware, constituted the two remaining members
Of the committee.) reported the BILL and it psssed
third reading on the l7th Of January succeeding,
and was ordered to be engrossed on the 18TH
This, you vii. perceive, was quick work. Il
could have led 10 no discussion; because il ap-
pears that the question was pressed at once to a
FINAL vote So manifest 10 this fact, that the yeas
and nays were NOT ordered, and we must infer that
the vote was unanimous. The senators present,
were: 04 3
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