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HoNoLULU. July 81. 1857

O.N -i- iCO1s
DEAR Mr.. EDIToR,-As you have suffered Sc
verely from the 80 prevailing epidemic now in our
midst" to use a quotation from newspaper scrib-
blers in general, | write you these few lines to
sympathise with you, in finding yourself
classed by your Rev. :. confrere'' of the Friend.
among that much abused portion of the commu-
nifty, fast people and those of irregular habits,
for such | take it, is the case, if the following
s~yllogism be true
LIST. The prevailing epidemic attacks most Sc
verely g fast people, and those, &c.
I'd. You have had it most severely. Ergo-You
are one of that sort.
Now, your feelings may be narrowed, or they
may not, but L, already one of the class of :. ir-
regular habits, . am perfectly delighted, and well
come you to our ranks. ! have had but a slight
touch as yet of the disease, but live 3. in hopes
to grow worse, to prevent being separated from the
class to which always have belonged, and which,
by the generality of this complaint, will be far in
the majority ere long.
But, seriously. Mr.. Editor, are we not all
prone at times to be a little 90 too fast" some in
one thing, some in another. To advance a good
cause, may it not be : : too fast to write or speak
a falseho0d?
a too willing witness invariably spoils the
cause he is enlisted for.
But l shall fall down on ethical writing. and
having just heard that Brother Damon is quite
ill with the prevailing epidemic,
/ am. with earnest gratitude for the good
society | have got into, yours fraternally,
An IRREGULAR.
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name. to assault a public Journalist. in his 0tDn
journal, and that by all rules of honor they are
DO. nd not to notice it. An honest man, if he
has any fault to find, will always come forward
and make his charge in person, or over his own
name, and only gain respect in SO doing. 1t is
50 Magister who is playing the part &c the
/" Mouse in the Wall,'' and seeking, "
to nibble the printers bread and II
eloquent exclamation, Were 1 he.A - not
have been more in place. B. should have
remembered that printers live in ny proclaim
ing the follies and sins of mankip I'D if they
serve him as Others, the fault is h n.
A word in regard to one or two expressions In
IS Magister's So communication, and We pass it
over to our readers. We have nowhere in this
paper spoken disrespectfully of Mr.. Armstrong,
or used any such expressions as will there be
found. IF left to our own judgment, we should
have erased them, and not have allowed them a
place in our Journal but as the writer of that
article is supposed to be under the pay of the
gentleman whom he seeks to befriend, he alone
is responsible. The expressions he delights in
are his otcn they have neverappeared in any arti-
Gle in the Commercial. As a man, we respect Mr..
A., but as a politician he has faults, like other
men and we shall never concede the right to
discuss, criticise, approve, or condemn his politi-
cal OF public acts, some of which are open to
reprehensior.
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Honolulu. July %. 1857


SIR AS "a humble searcher after truth. | ask
of you what is the meaning of the word 9 Jesuit
ISM which the President of Oahu College uses
in his speech before the Al CEN. in Y. York.
as reported in the Potynesian? have heretofore,
from the little reading | have had the means and
opportunity of enjoying, supposed, that the dan
ger of the peculiar tenets of the Society of the
Order of Jesus lay in the fact that they adopted
as their first great rule, that the end ~sanctifed
the means used to advance what they thought
the correct religfS belief. Now, it must be
something different, for corr shoul0 bc 10th
to suppose the Rev. E. &. Beckwith .VHAxed to
that Order, which, allowing my previous &dEs
it to be correct, [ now certainly do, Judging from
statements such as, :" this people were too moral
to admit Mormons,'' &C., made in the same
speech. INQUIRER.
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Foreign Sum mary.

Green & Co., the celebrated American Bankers,
Paris, have failed for a large amount.
The attempt to make paper Of Eastwood has not
proved successful. The mill is closed.
The earliest portrait of Washington, is upon ivory,
recently discovered, supposedly be by Copley, in
1855.
pound in the New York maj et.
A writer in Blackwood s. Is that every man who
is not a monster, mathep( kician. or a mad philoso-
young &gentlepE in Albany, named Connory.
was fined S~sESEyedting tobacco juice on a lady's
dress. serxzxAin right.
0brella, made of brown paper and willow
wigs, has been got up in Connecticut, called the
s'lending umbrella -intended exclusively to accom-
modate a friend.
Mr.. Stoddard, from New York State. a prominent
missionary in Persia during the past fifteen years,
died at Oroomiah of typhus fever on the 22d day of
January last.
The handsome sum of $4,000 was apr ropriated by
the New Bedford city government for celebrating the
anniversary of the National independence.
A patent taken out in any foreign country and
afterwards secured in the United States, expires with
the foreign patent. This is according to the patent
law.
In Iowa. pork is weighed by placing a plank across
a log, and after putting the hog on one end of the
plank, stones are piled on the other end, and then
the weight of the stones is guessed at.
John Quincy Adams, son of Charles Francis Ad-
ans, and the direct descendant of two Presidents.
was selected by the authorities of Boston to deliver
the Grafton in that city on the coming 4th of July.
A very fine article of oil. closely resembling olive
oil, is manufactured in New York. from African pea
nuts, which are imported for the purpose by the
cargo, in bulk, and scld at 125 per bushel.
The defalcations by the Sadlier tragedy, the
British Bank swindle. and the Robson, Redpath, and
a host of other frauds of q minor character, in Eng
land during 1856, have not been less than three
millions sterling, $14, 100000
The New-York Day Book, a prominent Democratic
organ, propounds the inquiry " Can an opponent Of
slavery be a Democrat?' 1t goes on to argue the
question, and rightly arrives ut the conclusion that
Ia Democrat must be, in the nature Of things. in
~Nsaf slavery
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The schools in the neighborhood assembled, with
appropriate banners, and at 10 O'Clock, A. M, q
procession, in double file, was formed from the
church, in the following order
The scholars of the Boarding School, with q
banner, and a band playing on flutes. Next
came ten Common Schools. Then followed q
band of females. neatly attired and the rear was
brought up by a company of adult males Two
native bands of music enliyened the movements
of all. Each Individual of the procession carried
in his hand a small offering for the Star, VIZ a
kaIo. a potato, a cabbage, a melon, a pineapple,
a fowl, eggs, onions, sugar-cane, DC. These
were deposited in heaps upon the beach.
AT a concerted signal, the peace-banner pre-
sented to the Sta in Boston, was sent down from
the main topgallant mast, rugged upon a bamboo,
with a graceful leaved plume on the top, and
conveyed to the shore in a boat, with the Captain
his first officer, and a part of the crew. Uun land-
ing, the Captain and officers entered the process
sion, between the Boarding and the Common
Schools, with a band of music before and behind.
After moving through some of our principal
streets, the whole company marched into the
church, where the beautiful Boston banner, with
its dove and olive-branch, was suspended in full
VIC" VI 1He great cOncOurSe OF people,. 1HcIe
was a general gathering of natives and foreign
ers, and at ii A. NJ. the exercises in the church
commenced and proceeded in the following order /:
1. Invocation, by Rev. Mr.. shipman.
2. Reading of Ps. 81, by Rev. Mr.. Emerson.
3. Singing an Original Native Hymn, by Boarding School.
4. Prayer lii English, by Rev. Mr.. Bishop.
s. Ode to the Morning Star, sung by English Choir-(see
first page of this paper.)
o. Address, by Capt. Moore, translated into Native.
Z. Prayer, in Native, by Rev. Mr.. Lyman.
s. Address, in English, by Rev. Mr.. Acknowledgements.
9. English Hymn, sung by a Native School.
10. Narrative of the visit of the Morning Star to Fatuhiva
Rev. M. Emerson.
IL. Music on Flutes, by IHlo Boarding School.
II. Original Native Ode, by Teacher, and sung by his School.
13. Farewell to Native Missionaries, by Rev. Mr.. Coan.
IL Farewell of Native Missionary 10 the People Of Hilo.
is. English Hymn, sung by English Choir e Christian
Heroes" &c.
10. Prayer aud Benedction, by Rev. Mr.. Coan.
AT 2 O'Clock, p. NJ, Capt. Moore began to
receive visitors on board the Star. Multitudes
embraced the opportunity, going in classes, and
returning at regular periods, SO that there vas no
Earring or confusion. All went off well, and the
throngs of people returned to their homes joyful
and glad of heart, exclaiming 60 Maikai ha ka
moku ca very beautiful vesel)-. Nam ka
hama o Lhora ! keia a." GLORIOUS is tta
of Jehovah to-day.) In the evening, the Dove
spread her white wings to the wind and left us.
Good angels guide her on her errand of love. and
the Lord give success to her mission. Il. c..
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ye-,eI- Expected from Foreign Ports.

The Am clipper ship Fortuna, Of H. A. Piercefs line Of Sand
~ch Island packets, siied from Boston Nay 18th, with. a full
cargo Of merchandise. 70 b. W. Field. due here about Sept. II.
American bark Messenger Bird, Homer, may be looked for
from China about August !, with cargo China goods to b W
Field
Ship Iii Whitney ft Sydney, New South WaIes, about May
), for this port, with cargo Of sheep
A bark from Puget Sound, bound TO Sydney, may be expected
TO touch here In a few days.
American ship Harriet and Jessie, Janvren. left Boston for
Honoiulu. April ]. with cargo Of merchandise to b. W. Field.
American ship John Glpin was advertised TO leave Boston in
May for Hon lulu direct
A vessel is shortly expected from Mazda, OF some China port
but we cannot learn definitely in regard to it.
Brig John Dunlap, Coose, viii be due from Christmas Island
abou. August l.
Clipper ship Kamehsneha ". Garry. sailed from Liverpool
April -, with merchandise 70 r. G. Janion.
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MEMORANDA.

The Kinoole brought from waialua the spars and masts of
the schooner 5. s., wrecked there about a year since. The K.
IL 10 receive a new mainmast, and be otherwise reftted.
The Erect is nearly through with her repairs, but viii pro-
baby be thoroughly re-painted, and not ready for sea under ten
days.
Schooner Maria reports herself forty hours from Kawaihae
ria Lahaina and other ports on Maui, July l., 1857. Schooner
kaLan0. late "oueen Of the West" was lying at Lahaina on
Saturday, having put back after starting for Kawaihae on ac-
count OF heavy winds and damage to sails, &C.
Schr Llhoiiho has been detained in port several days on ac-
count Of being unable TO procure seamen, owing to the general
sickness. She viii probably get OF to-day or to morrow.
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HILo. July 10, 1857
Thc I" Morning Starr nj HiIo.a~

HILo. July III, IDOL
The 8. Mornins Starr MT HiIo.~
AT early dawn on the 9TH ;aStHenilo was
aroused by the cry of "SdiI no - 8 Hokuao ,
Hokuao.s ~ (Morming Starr echoing and re-
echcing from head-land and hill, and running
along the coast, till all our villas and valleys
caught g the sounding joy" Through the grey
twilight was deserted, in the eastern horizon, the
little ss.r Of hope as she danced upon the deep.
Uourtlen stars had paled their light and retired
behind the dawning screen, but mild Venus, the
mornings herald, looked kindly down, with
angels eye, upon her little sister, as she moved
suver the deep blue sea. Onward the Star came
g like . thing of life,' . and, with a cloud of
wfisa canvas and banners floating in the breeze,
she entered the port, and, like a graceful swan,
foldcs her white wings and rested upon the quiet
waters of the harbor.
arrangements had been made to give the vessel
a hearty welcome. The large native church was
decorated with the flags of Great Britain, France,
the United States, Chile end Hawaii, besides
other Hsgs and signals. The broad signal of the
packet, inscribed Mornsng Star, with the beauti-
full peace-tanner, SO gracefully presented by the
the ladies of Honolulu, were arranged tastefully
E3F Mr.. Conway, in the midst of the surrounding
fAgs.
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Marine TELEGRAPH No,;ce.

Masters and officers Of vessels bound to or past Honolulu, are
requested to take notice that a Marine Telegraph has been
erected on the ridge connecting Diamond Head with the noun
tails inlald, and all vessels passing within ten miles of the head
win be reported. China bound vessels can display heir signals
without calling out a pilot. The national ensign at the main or
fore Is . signal for having a United States mail on board for
Honolulu This signal should be displayed at the fore only
when a pilot it wanted. Vessels can run along within two miles
OF the shore with perfect safety, and without losing the trade
wind
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LATEST DATES. received a, ,hi. once.
ARRIVALS.

July Tam bark Metropolis, Preston, II days from Columbia
River, with cargo of mdse and lumber, to II c
Leonard * Co.
17-Haw -chr Liholiho, Thurston, from Hio.
1S-Schr kam0i, Chadwick, from Lahaina,
1o-Schr Maria, Moteno. from Kawaihae, via Lahaina-
21-Sehr KiloOle. from WaiIlua-
Gam whaleship Splendid, Smith, Of Edgartown. Il
days from Tumbez, 500 bbls whale. Reports
having left no whalers at Tonbez, and saw none
since leaving that port. Is on a sperm whale
cruise.
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INFLUENZA AND CoMETs.-Have comets ANYTHING
to do with influenza, or with the state of the weather /,
A correspondent, whose ideas are a little .'cometary,' -
thinks that they have, and sends us the following
scraps from late American papers, which we publish
with pleasure. 1t is n pity we have not a good tele-
scope here at the islands for astronomical observa-
tons:
TIE COMET AND THE WEATHER.-The Louisville
Journal thinks there can be no question but that the
perturbed state of the weather., which has for weeks
set at naught meteorological calculations, is produced,
if not directly at any rate indirectly, by the huge
comet which is now whizzing through space directly
toward our small planet. Similar changes of the eli
mate have been observed before, during the range of
comets near the earth. The comet of 1856 is said to
have brought with it a dense and unpleasant fog,
which lasted for twenty-one days; that of 1926 was
accompanied by heavy rains and consequent inunda-
tions, and every one must remember the unusually
cold and severe weather prevalent at the time of the
appearance OF the brilliant comet of March, 1S43.
The comet now approaching the earth is that of
Charles ", which first appeared i'll perihelion, in
1864. 1t may be seen in IL clear evening near b.
Saglttari. and is evidently nearing the earth with
great rapidlty. Its passage across our orbit may
produce very important and very extraordinary geo
graphical changes. There can be no doubt that its
meteorological effects are becoming evident.-.NaSh-
rifle Union.
Lieut.. Maury informs the National IateHigencer
that another telescope comet, discovered by DIR.
Bruins at Berlin, March 18th, is now visible Ii the
northwestern part of the heavens; and that paper
says it is supposed to be identical with the third
comet of 1916, discovered by Brorson-an elliptic
orbit for which has been computed by Dr.. Won Galen,
by which it returns to its p~erihelion June 18th of the
present year, Tie first comet is increasing its dis
lance from the earth; the second approaching, and
will be visible during the whole of May. The first
is now in Aunges, the second IN Perseus.
\ writer in the St. Louis Republican attributes
the unprecedented cold weather which has prevailed
over the whole country during the present month
IAIay 70 tho rfn N Af fhn ann,at Hn anc that
similar changes in the climate have been observed be-
fore, during the passage of comets near the earth.
The comet of 1876 is said to have brought with it a
dense and unpleasant fog, which lasted for twenty
one days; that of 1926 was accompanied by heavy
rains and consequent inundations; and unusually
cold and severe weather was prevalent at the time of
the appearance of the brilliant comet of March, 1913.
This writer asserts that 8 there is no questioning the
fact that the comet has entered the limits of the solar
system, and is now approaching the earth with fear
tul rapidity."
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DEPARTURES.

July 2o-Schr Mary, BerriI, for Kawaihae, dierct.
20-Schr Kamehameha ", for Kohaia, via Mookai.
2o-Sckrs John Young and Moikeike- for ports on Kauai.
22-schr kamoi, Chadwick, for Lahaina and Kahului.
22-Sch Maria, Molteno. for Koloa.
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INTER-IsLAND TRADE.

From hAWAIHAE via LAHAISA-per Maria, July 1870 bbIs
Irish potatoes, 8 boxes grapes, Il hides, $500 goat skins, 5 bbIs
taliow, 2 kegs butter. IL pigs, l doz fowls, 2 do turkeys.
For HLO-per LhOIho-3JGof Il lumber. u doors, 8 cs sash.
= Abl cement, - hif bbls fish, % empty barrels. I4s bxs soap.
40 clapboards, 4 tons muse, 25 bs pickles, 6 bags rice, l eask
ale, 2 pit-saws, 10 horses, 2 d0nkeys.
FRox Huo-Per Ldhoiho, July 17-12 bags arrowroot, IS
hides 500 goat skins, 500 cocoanuts, 8 pigs
For KoLoA-per Maria, July q.
5000 II lumber, "a cases merchandise,
II kegs nails, / cheese.
2hans, i key split peas,
p bdls fencing wire, Is bars iron,
3 bills iron, $500 slates-
OIL salmon, kegs paint,
$ pair sashes, IL doors.
- blinds 525 clapboards,
l roll mating, I case powder,
A 10. Of hcuse-fnishiag.
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rLAcEs OLE NOTES.-THE.

sEANEx.s BETHEL-Rev. s. C. Damon ChapIaa-Kng
street, near the Sailors Home Preaching on sundays at
IL 4. ~ aad y p. VI. Seats free s-Dbath School after
the morning services
FORT STREET c~HURcH-corner Of Fort and Beretania sts-
Rev ,. d. Strong. Pastor. Preaching on Sundays a. l.
A. NJ. aud = p. " Sabbath School meets At 10 A NJ
METHODIST CHURCH-Nuuxnu avenue, corner Of Tutsi
stres-Rr- Wm- ;. Turner, Pastor. Preaching every
sunday az II A.. VI. and * r. II. Seats frs- saisath
school meets nj 10 A. ~
tHark 4str0SrSinn ID Usiauaa every Sunday At
CATHOLIC CfffHCH-Tort street. near BIrc4 n{fe
charge OF H. Rev. Bishop Naisret- assisted by -
Modesto Services every Su1iay At 10 A. NJ anil 2 p NJ
SMITHS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. street. near Nuusnl street
Rev. Lowell smith Pastor. S-rvices. Il. Hawaiian, every
sunday at 10 A. NJ and y 4. NJ.
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In Honolulu, on Saturday morning, July is, Master CHARLES
NoEIos PATY, son OF Mrs William Patty, aged 8 years.
In Lahaina, Maui. July Is, FRANCIS p FoLES, OF New York,
81 consumption His remains were attended 10 the grave by
the members Of /" Pacific Lodge No 2, /. o. Of D. ." Of which
order the deceased vas a member.
In this city. on Saturday, July IS, His ExceIency, JoHS
YoUSs, for many years III. H. u. Minister Of the Interior, aged
~ yesrs-
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~ The funeral Of the late chiefess KoxIA, widow
of Paki, win take place on Friday, July 24th.
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COM
WEDNESDAY EYE'G, JULY q, 1857.


The past week has been the duIest we have had for years.
This Is mostly ovinE % the I" inhueuza,n which has Frustrated
three fcurths Of the community. Some stores have been closed
VI for several days, all hands having succumbed-
There has been a hurrying to and fro of doctors, and SIENNA
and salts have been in great demand.
The bark Metropolis arrived on the 18th inst, II days from
the Columbia River, with a cargo of lumber, -four and grain.
LUNBER-There have been sales of assorted rough lumber,
from the wharf, at s35 2 NJ
FL0UR-The -four market has been in a very unsettled
state This is owing to the recent excessive importations and
the low rates ruling in California, in view of the near approach
of harvest It would be well to bear in mind that the monthly
consumption, now that there is no man of war here, Is only 200
barrels The bakers have a good supply on hand We note q
sale Of so 5bls of "oregon," at $40 2 bd.
MOLASsEs-saIes Of Zoe bb!s, for export, a, 35c per gallon
RICE--A large stock on hand and a small demand. Jobbing
gales of medium grades f" China" az 607c-
FREIGHTS--Tbe Yankee has engaged about enough to bal
last her, at he regular rates. There appears to be very little
disposition to ship at present.
E-XCHANGE--Bnls on the United States at par.
OREGON 20
We have to record another quiet week for trade, and we no.
tc- fever teams in town than for some time past. BY the re-
cent arrivals, quite an accession 70 the stock of generalmerchan-
disc has been made. Prices of goods rer4ain much the same, if
we may except coffee, which has decH1ed, AMI is now held at
lie In sugar, We hare no change to note Batavia is selling
at Isle; Sandwich Islands is selling ct 15iG16c, in mats, and
lie in kegs. Not much crushed sugar in the market, for which
22c IS asked. Syrup, 81 1881 20. Dried apples are very
scarce, and command 17c.
By the arrival Of the last sseamerf rom San Francisco, we are
advised that Oregon -four had declined to IS 2 Dbl. 1t is diff
fcalt to set any fixed price on it here, but presume a sale could
not be effected at over 81 2 bbL-Oregonian-