The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-06-19
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

a colony of Sandwich Islanders now living at Indian
Creek. Ell Dorado County, California. We frequent
ly hear the taunt from foreigners that these islander
have no religion but sensuality, that they are a rae
OF hypocri.es. SC. Let such as are unwilling I
credit them with honest intentions in their christia,
profession, read the following testimony, how III"
waiians live in a foreign country, and in localitit
where religion aud morals are at a discount
Though abiding in a community where the Sabbat
is almost unknown, these redeemed savages let thei
light shine, and show to their more civilized and
refined C) n~eighbors that the teachings which they
have received from their missionary pastors have not
been lost to them. a goodly number of these ma
tives subscribe for the native newspaper Kmokoa
and thus their interest in their native isles is KEEP
up. and they are kept informed of every thing @.
Importance transpiring here.
l found here twenty-four Kanakas, principally
Hawaiians, and two from the South Seas; two Ha-
waiian women. three Indian women, of the 81 Digger"
race, and four half Indian children. At this l was
not surprised But | was not prepared to find two
of the Indian women speaking Hawaiian very cor
rectly. all Of them dressing neatly, cutting. washing
and ironing their own and their husbands and chill
dren's clothes; TO End one of them reading the Ha-
waiian Bible very intelligently, as does also the
Oldest child. n girl of eight or ten years. to find two
of these " Digger women taking part in prayer
meetings, expressing regrets at their former igno-
rance, and pity for their ignorant relatives; and to
End them all DESTROYS 10 learn more. | was not
prepared to find one Of the best Of their dwelling
houses set apart exclusively for religious Worship
hoored, seated with backless benches, with n table at
one end for the speaker; to find the natives holding
early morning and evening meetings every week day,
besides seven district meetings on Sunday, and one
Thursday afternoon meeting; and TO find that for a
few weeks past they have kept up an afternoon slug
ing school. Most of their dwelling houses are quite
rough, but kenao, perhaps the most substantial,
Hawaiian christian in California. found living in a
neat little clapboard house put up by himself, paint
ed outside and in, and two of the rooms neatly
papered. | have not found . more interesting COM
munity since coming to California. Two of the
Indian women speak Hawaiian altogether. One of
them reads it with considerable ease and correctness,
joins in the singing, takes part in the prayer meet
ings, and prays in secret. She has just been taken
down with the small pox. l shall earnestly plead
that she may not be taken away now. She is the
mother of three bright children, enc now at Hiic,
Sandwich Islands. The eldest child, a girl of eight
or ten years, is also a good reader. She is fast re-
covering from the small pox, and acts like a well
behaved aud thoughtful girl. My heart has been
touched by her patience under su ering. They have
pat a stop to drunkenness among themselves, sending
off those who would drink and steal. They tell me
that after due elaboration they voted to raise $500 for
a new church, and that it is to be accomplished
within this year. After some hesitation as to wheth-
err to contribute anything for missionary purposes
till they had raised the $500 for their church, they
finally voted, before | arrived, to take up a contribu-
ton every monthly concert.
Nor YET RIeHrEp.-A large number of Eastern
AZ <utOpSeh CttSi hOW W haNC UtitShs
and which ought to have come by the ~Speed.0su or
Phantom, are still missing. So with the papers.
The New York weeklies of March, and a portion of
April have not been received. We see it stated in
one of the San Francisco papers, that the steamer
which arrived there on the 18th of May, brought no
mail from some cause. In another paper we see that
all the mail bags on the route between St. Louis and
Salt Lake had been ordered back < to st. Louis, to be
sent to New York and thence by steamer. And still
another statement that the overland letter mail had
again commenced going through regularly. Any
way, Messrs. contractors, so that we, out in this part
Of the world, can get our letters and papers after
awhile. December and January dates are yet to
arrive-we shall try and be patient a little longer.
P~ERsoNAL-Among the passengers by the Speed
lceH we are glad to welcome back Mr.. Heco, the
young japanese who, our readers viii remember,
spent several months in Honolulu some two or three
years since. He is on his way from Washington to
Japan, having received from the u. S. Government
the appointment of interpreter and translator to
the American Consulate. kanagawa, with the rank
of Vice Consul. He expects to proceed on to Japan
by n vessel, which Messrs. c. w. Brooks s. Co. OF
San Francisco. ~purposed dispatching about the end
of June. 1t is possible that the steamer U,yoming
would leave also with the same destination about the
same time. -
AouArIc GYMNAs1Tcs.-On Saturday last, as the
bark Yankee was leaving the wharf. our Marine
who was on board, found himself going TO
sea without a passport. Being an amateur gyunas',
and accustomed to tall leaps, he attempted to jump
on to the wharf from the vessel, but unfortunately
brought up under the wharf, and somewhere near
the vessels keel, which he reports sound for n long
voyage. 1t isn't the FIRST time that the " last man.
has had a ducking. As reporter, being anxious to
- al !. a. So ,l.-t L. IA - IL
was to pull out his repeater, but found it full Of
-
SHORT OF MEN.-The bark Philip lst. touched at
port on the 18th, from Puget Sound, to procure
seamen, the rush for Cariboo and other mines having
them all of. 1t IS thought that Is 900 to TO-
BOO men have gone from San Francisco, Oregon and
,ther parts for these wonderful diggings. If one in q
hundred does as well as he would in the business he
he will be lucky. Most of the vessels leaving
the Sound were short of men. and we shall probably
others touch here to procure hands.
BINDrNG-Those having jobs in the book-bind-
ng line, that they wish done, will observe the adj
,ertisement of Mr.. Vollum, who has taken charge of
he Mission Bindery. Mr.. V. comes well recommend
and will no doubt satisfy any who eutrust their
york to him. Heretofore considerable work has been
et to San Francisco to be done. There is now no
necessity of this, as it can be done as we'll, more
peedily and as cheaply here as there.
y CHAsE's AMBRoTYPE Rooms. over the Com
nercial .4dUertiser, Office are a favorite resort. Mr..
has recently introduced some improvements, which
nable him to furnish pictures excelling in beauty
nd deicacy of shade anything yet produced in his
inc in Honolulu. A single trial is all that is needed
satisfy any one of this. Call AMI examine his
pecimens. -
y By referring to her schedule, it will he seen
the steamer will leave on MONDAYS, instead Of
Iondays and Tuesdays as heretofore. This is a de-
ided improvement, particularly for the natives, who