Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-09-10
foreign Minus.
FROM THE SANDWICH IsIANDS.


translation of Hawaiian physicians diplo-
ma:
Docionent appointing Ha,caiian Phgsician.
1t has been made plain that it is proper for
----- TO be made physician under me.
lie has shown to me and am convinced Of
his skill in the art OF healing the sick. There
fore hereby consent to his being physician
from Hawaii to Kauai. His is to obey my com
mands and do nothing contrary to the laws
Of the Sovereign of this Kingdom, but to do
what is right and correct.
Here is the compensation which | will
give if the patient gets we'll
! High illness, $50 8. II one takes away
2. Under this, 40 another's patent, 1 0
8. Lower, 80 O. Physicians re-
4. Lower still, 20 lease, 3
5. Very light, 1910. If the patient re-
6. Illness Of friend, 5 fuses to pay the
I. To fortel the re- charge of the
suit Of illness by physician, 10
casting lots,
Given under my hand this 90 day Of - Is
Signed HAPUU
Great Father Of the Hawaiian Physicians
Signed KAENoKANE,
Deputy High Physician.
(Signed) PAIL, Clerk.
This diploma is called palapaia and the
physician is called a kahuna. The correspon-
dent says
Hundreds Of both mon and women. here on
Hawaii, are now the holders Of these diploma,
and are douominated as physicians. have
counted over fifty in the district Of Kau alone,
who received these polapaias in one day at
meeting convened for the purpose and which
! attended The proceedings were these -
Notice having been given to all the kahunas
and to all those who wished to become such
to assemble at a certain house. at Kilea Kau.
Kaenokane proceeded to explain to those as
semblcd that those who wished to practice
medicine must have one Of these paiapalas
and pay the following fees 80 for the pala-
paid, 81 TO the chief for his protection, and
% cents 60 the clerk The names of those
who payod were registered in book and
they received their diploma duly filed up,
and signed as the one | have sent and hence
forth regularly qualified physicians Kacno-
kane have visited Hlo, Puma and Kau, and
are now in Kona.
Item Of the rates of compensation in the
paiqpaia is thus explained:
The hdhna takes a number Of pebbles,
which he puts in a heap and covers them with
a handkerchief, he then recites an incanta-
ton and divides the heap into two lots by
passing his hand edgeways through the mid
die Of the covered heap one lot he dcsig-
mates Death, the other Life" he then
uncovers them and proceeds TO count the
pebbles in each lot, that in which the num-
Der prcpondorates gains the day. and the fate
of the patient is decided accordingly; If the
verdict is death, the kahuna pockets the 50
dollars and goes about his busincss--if the
verdict is life, the kahuna pockets the 80, but
gives further attendance and physic. for
which he charges according to the scale of
prices set in the diploma. One of the unin-
itiated would think that the sentence here
is the compensation that will give meant
that kapuu, the grantor, is to pay these
charges, but no such thing, the patient is to
pay, and does pay.
ST. JoHNs. n. f., Sept. 2.-Steamer Pa
cifc, which left Galway, Ireland, for Halifax
and New York put into this port this morn
ing at 8 o'clock, in consequence Of derange-
mcnt of air pump. She left Galway at A
NJ. Aug. %.
GREAT BRrrArN. - The messages trans
mittod over the Atlantic Gable, between the
Queen and President, we're published in the
London papers on the 23d.
The Times believes the establishment of
the Atlantic Telegraph to he a guaranty of
peace between the two countries.
The DdRy Neics says there is more of sim
pie dignity in the Queens message, but great
grasp of thought in the Presidents response,
with perhaps dash Of ambitious straining az
ter effect and also says it would have been
better for the President to have omitted the
last paragraph
NV YoRK, Sept ?. The Royal Mail
Steamship Africa, from Liverpool afternoon
of 2lst ult., arrived at this port at p. NJ.
The announcement of the collision between
the Arabia and Europa reached England per
Atlantic Telegraph on the goth, and was the
first public message sent East through the
Cable
Mr.. Ten Broock's American horse Babylon
won the Chesterfield Handicap, at York, a
gainst field Of seven horses
The fact that an inquiry could be sent from
London and reply Of some length received
from Newfoundland in | , hours, had been
demonstrated in the matter of the collision
between the steamers Arabia and Europa,
and was regarded with great satisfaction.
CHINA-The Times publishes the follow
ing dispatches
Paris, Saturday, $50 A. M.-The Honi-
tcur announces that treaty has been con
cluded with China. The ports are thrown
open; the Christian religion is allowed to be
freely practiced foreign Consuls and diplo- |
matte agents are to be admitted at Pekin an
indemnity is to be paid to England and
France.
The GuANo TRADE, At length. after
much delay, caused in part by tho unfayora- 4
BILE official reports, and in part by the dis
lance the islands are located from New York .
the Jarvis island guano trade begins to as
sumo tangible form. The American clipper .
ship White Swallow, Captain lngersoll, char
tered in San Francisco on account of the
American Guano Company, by Mr.. S. q.
Wilder, arrived at this port on the I'd, and
sailed again on the 9th to load at Jarvis Is
land, She can carry 200 tons, and as the
pioneer ship in the guano trade will be watch
ed with interest She sails from that island
direct for New York, and as she probably
will be able to get her cargo in by the end Of
August, may be looked for at that port about
the first of December. We have no doubt,
basing our confidence on the emphatic assur-
ance of old guano traders and of the sales
already effected, that the guano shipped by
the White Swallow will command in New