The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-04-30
The Missionary Packet.

The American brigantine Morning Star, Captain
S. G. Moore. arrived here on Friday last, 1873 days
from Boston. She was off the port at shutdown the
previous evening, but too late to enter. She sighted
the islands four days before reaching port, but owing
to the light winds and Gains, which have prevailed
since crossing the equator, she made but little pro-
gress. She put into Rio Janeiro for a ~foreyard, and
deducting her detention on this account, made the
passage in 126 days. She was towed into port by the
steam tug, and it was a pleasing coincidence that
she, as the emblem Of the missionary enterprise, was
followed close astern by the sch. E. l.. Frost, an
emblem of our commerce, loaded deep with a full
freight of oil from the California Gulf, both vessels
being brought in together by the tug boat. The
Morning Star is q most beautiful clipper-model, her
hull very much resembling our favorite San Francisco
packet the Yankee, having a round stern, poop deck,
and high bulwarks. Even in our port, where we see
often some of the finest specimens of clipper vessels,
she is considered no ordinary craft. She is + furnished
with a spacious cabin, and state-rooms for fifteen
passengers, besides Accommodations for eight or ten
forward passengers. Her freight capacity is about
100 tons. With her sailing qualities, Capt. Moore
expresses himself much pleased. Her best days run
was 242 miles. She is built with great strength
throughout, and appears to be well adapted for the
service intended. A merchant remarked that three
such packets forming q line between this port and
San Francisco, would run full all the time.
The Morning Star cost about $4,000, and the
most singular circumstance about her is, that she is
owned by between DO, 900 and SO, 900 children in the
United States and in these islands, in shares of 10
cents and upwards. So great was the demand for
ssstock'' in her that up to the last advices from Bos-
ton, over 1926, 900 had been subscribed-enough to
build a sister packet for her.
Immediately on the vessels coming alongside the
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loud in praise of her as their vessel. During her
stay of six days she has been an object Of great curl
osity, not only to the natives, but to the children of
Honolulu. several hundred of whom have taken shares
in her.
Presentation of Il Banner.
On Wednesday, April 20, at half past four O'Clock,
?. NJ, the Sabbath school children of Honolulu, both
foreign and native, assembled on the Market Wharf
to witness the presentation to Capt. Moore, of a sig
nal or banner, which had been prepared for the occa-
sion by the ladies of Honolulu. The signal is made
of white bunting, about twenty feet long and twelve
feet wide. Over the center is the word MORNING in
blue letters, beneath which is a star and dove with
an olive branch. 1t makes altogether a pretty design,
and reflects credit on Mrs. Abigail Ladd, who has
had the charge of preparing it.
The crowd attracted to the wharf was large, and
must have numbered several thousands. The Sab
bath schools of the Fort-street Congregational, Bethel
and Methodist churches, as well as the two native
churches were represented, and we cannot perhaps
give a better idea of the proceedings than by inserting
a programme of them.
4 RDE OF EXERCISES
\ AT THE
PRES OF A SIGNAL
TO THE
MORNING A r.
Invocation, Rev. j. D. Strong
2-Singing.