Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-11-23

From the Sandwich Islamds---Letter of President
Pierce to King Kamehameha, and the Reply.
BY the arrival of the bark Francis Palmer at San
Francisco, we have dates from Honolulu to the 22d
September.
On Thursday 2Oth September, Hon D. L. Gregg
had an audience of his Majesty at noon, requested
in the name of the President of the United States
10 deliver the reply TO the Kings letter of the l5th
OF February The following is copy of the letter
FRANKLIN PIERCE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA, TO HIS MAJESTY KAHEHAMEHA, ".
Great and Good Friend - have received the let
ter, which, under date of the 18th of February last
your Majesty addressed TO me, announcing the de-
mise of your predecessor, the King Hamehameha iii,
and the fact of your Maestys accession 10 the throne
of your forefathers. Your Majesty is not mistaken
in surprising that partake of the occasioned
by the death Of the late King. His Ma esy had Civ
en- such decided and repeated proofs of his warm
friendship for the United States and their citizens
restoring to the Hawaiian Kingdom, that he
garded by the government and people Of this coun-
try with sentiments of than ordinary confidence
and esteem While Offering my sincere coincidence
for the loss Of one nearly related TO your Maj esty.
and so tendery beloved by the Hawaiian people, it
affords me peculiar qualification 10 congratulate your
Maj esty upon your accession to the throne of Hawaii
and to receive the assurance that your Majesty not
indifferent to the sympathy and good will of the Ex
ecutive and people of the United States. Such
tmentS towards the sovereign and people of Hawaii,
have ever been cherished by the United States and
Majesty, under whose liberal, wise and emil htened
rule, doubt not the relations between the two gov
erEments will become more intimate; and the well
fare and happnes of your Majesys subjects greatly
enlarged. Praying that God will vouchsafe to your
Majesty a long, prosperous and happy reign and
commencing you to his safe and holy keeping ]
am with sincere and high regard, your Males
ty'S good friend.
(SigDed) FRANKLIN PIERCE,
(Countersigned) w. L. MARCY, Sec. Of State.
In reply TO some remarks made by MIR. Gregg on
the occasion the King said:
will not do my own feelings the injustice of at
tempting disguise the fact that at the present
eminent, according TO my appreciation OF it, loses
entirely its formal and appears to express
only the sentiments of friend who has proved him
self worthy of that high The treaty recently
negotiated between my envoy at Washington anc
MIR. Marcy, the part of the United States, is in
deed but one link in the chain that binds the two
countries in relations of the most happy kind. Bu
it is convention of the greatest Importance, not only
10 those who numbered among my subjects, blu
to every American citizen who has any interests up
on these islands do not doubt but its effects vii
be 10 call hither of your enterprisng country
men, and direct towards the now partially developed
resources of this archipelago the attention of you
udicious but ready capitalists. Under this treat,
we may expect to see American citizens raising tn
produce which American ships will carry to an Amer
lean market.
On Tuesday, 18th of September, man name'
! Winters, in the employ of the Rev. S. c. Damon
was shot by a man named Francis, who had latel,
been discharged from the clipper ship Shooting Star