The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-05-07
" Full many a gem Of pureSt ray serene
The dark uaiIJlomed cares OF ocean bear {;
Full many a flower Is born to blush unseen
And M.-Le Is sN-e.n-ss on N. MeseIt air.

And waste is sweetness on the desert air"
He concluded by requesting the party to join with
i'm in tie sentiment" Long live their Maiesties."
THE rULPIr-rhe elder brother oithe press in the diffusion of
Responded to by the Rev. Mr.. Corwin in his usual
felicitous manner. Abiding to the power of the
pulpit, he compared it to the lever of Archimedes,
and said that it was the lever which moved the
world.
NATIVE H,wAuAS naSs-The evidence of our intellectual
progress. may 1T ever foster the ;ruast interests of this people.
Responded to by Mr. y. l.. Ingols, in the absence
of Mr.. II. VI. Whitney, who was at Maui. The mod
esty Of this speaker had forbidden him to trust to
i%mpromptu eloqueuce, and he pulled out a manu-
script on which he had written a few remarks. and
perfectly electrified the guests with the chasteness
Of his elocuton. aud the ~propriety and beauty of his
thoughts on this rather difficult and novel subject.
He waiei in rather gingerly a, first. Mr.. Damon, as
it is the case with all great minds, which ever run
in parallel directions, having bit upon the same pas
sage in Grey, 10 typify the concealmeut IF 50 much
talent as shown in the .Nqile UreaH, which took
the wind completely out of the sails Of his prettiest
fight Of metaphor, but getting warmed up, he
dipped himself completely, and went in for a 8 big
thing" He gave the origin Of the press Of the pre-
sent day with its extensive influence, and in speaking
of the Hawaiian press, an ofsho0t from the foreign
press, be said, The class of literature, as exhibited
in the Hawaiian journals, I have heard styled by
many, vapjd. crude. and trivial. But the Hawaiian
nation Is a young nation. In mental effort. it j. yet
in its infancy. But I ask, does the infant thrive
best on pap or pate az foe gras: Does the careful
parent put first in tie hands Of his child Thomas
Aquiuas or Dun S,otus in folio volumes, or Mother
Goose's melodies and The Infant Catechism - He
spoke Of the improved character Of the communion
tions which are now sent in for publication com
pared with those that were first offered In his
concluding remarks were the following: "As the
personal character of the preacher has much to DO
with the spread Of his doctrine which he seeks to in
culcate, 50 the personal character Of the conductor
Of a journal for the information and instruction Of n
young people. should be ike the reputation Of
Casar's wife, above suspicion. 1t will not do that
beautifully turned sentences emanate from the pen
Of the ready writer, who after q discourse on the
seen Of a moonli ght night cndeavoring to pocket the
shadow of a swinging sign for a pocket handkerchief,
or asking his servant fer a boot jack TO wind up his
watch. UncIucated persons, like children, are more
apt to think it proper 10 DO As one docs, not to DO as
one says" He paid 4 high compliment 70 the edi-
torial talent as shown in the pages of the Male
HTreGtb, expressed his regret that Mr.. Damon was
ahead Of him in his extract from Grey about gems
and flowers. and finished with the following
Her -ral the press. th- peoples rights maintain,
UutweI Hv influence and uubr.beI ry gain,
Here from its font those glorious urec-pts draw,
Pledged t. Religion, Liberty aud Law"
FoRF1GS PHEsz-The dial plate Of our progress, may lis
hands never 60 backward
sian, Mr.. f. O. Hall an exhibitor of that paper,