The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-07-09

w ~ 49, u u 4 O0ELul III NOAhR ihJ wan
Unconditional Surrender Grant about Richmond,
throwing crackers and r%orpedOes a foot in diameter
out OF Parrott rifles into that wicked city : No doubt
our fireworks are going TO be splendid tonight, but
not as splendid as the fireworks Grant and Gilmore
are treating the rebels to, free gratis for-nothing.
There's no waste of powier there for mere fash and
noise, but Ii Is all used in "a way 10 do some good.
Some Of our friends and schoolmates are doing good
service under Sherman in Georgia, and at Port Royal.
One at least is in the feet off Mobile. Others have
h~onorably left the service TO enlist in another kind of
war agains; fassehood and wrong, of every kind.
Ana now L Will offer as a toast, The Hawaiian boys
ID the Union Army, may they be shielded from rebel
bullets nnd bayonets, and may they have their share
OF the glory of the fin / victory of Freedom
About 121 O'Clock, the children, of whom
there must have been between two and three
hundred present, were collected around tables,
set expressly for them, and furnished with an
abundance of meats, fruits, cakes and lemonade.
Special provision had been made for their enter
tainment and also for their amusement. by the
committee, and most admirably was it carried
out. The misses were mostly dressed in white,
and decked out with bright ribbons of /. = red,
white and blue" while the boys wore small
Union flags, rosettes or scarfs of the same. The ju-
veniles present were beautifully and gaily dressed
for the occasion, and we doubt whether any SIM
liar gathering on that day in any part of the
III tICStDbtu a. HlOTt attractive spectacle imam
did this.
AT L O'Clock the dinner was announced as
ready. Three rows of tables were spread, run
ming the whole length of the large tent, with
another across the head, and seats were furnished
for about three hundred and fifty guests. Every
seat was occupied, and a large number had
to wait for the second table. His Excel
lency the American Minister Resident pre-
sided, and at his right sat Capt. Geerken, of the
Russian steamer Calarala, Rev. S. c. Damon,
Rev. Asa Thurston, who with his wife and Mrs.
NJ. P. Whitney are the only remaining represent
%tatives, ut the islands. of the first band of mis-
sionaries who landed here in 1920. At his left
sat Mr.. Castle, DIR. Judd and others. The tent
was elegantly decorated with numerous Hawaii
an and American flags. Over the Chairman's
seat hung a framed picture of Washington. and
of the Emancipation Proclamation of President
Lincoln. At the opposite end of the hall, the
dates 1776 and 1864 hung in evergreen, with q
framed battle scene between them. The tables
were under the direction of Mons. Victor, and
those who know his skill in the culinary
art, need no description of them. The sup
ply was over-abundant, and great taste was
shown not only in the preparation, but in the
conducting of the entertainment. All the
guests appeared pleased and satisfed-a difficult
thing with so great a crowd as was present on
this occasion. About 2 o'clock, the reading of
the toasts was commenced by Mr.. A. j. Cart
wright, which we insert, but are compelled to
omit the responses, owing to their length:
Tina PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED SrATEs-As Chief Magis-
trhte Of Il Great Republic, in its life grapple with stupendous
wrong, he has entitled himself 70 the homage o: all appropriated
minis, and shed additional instre upon The Nation.
Responded to by His EXcellency DR.. MBride.
2-IIs MAJESTY KAMEHAMEHA v.-Caned to reign over a
Ia d blessed with beauty and prosperity, may he long continue
to hold the affections of a loyal people.
Responded to by 5. n. Castle.
3-THE Day WE CELEBRATE-Our country's natal day, the
point in time when the everlasting principles of Religion and
political Freedom announced themselves as the foundation of all
4-OUR FLAG AND THE USIoN-May the Stars in our Ban
nr prove emblens of the diffusion of holy light in peace, may
they CLEAN with fearful brightness on our foes in warm all
time may our Flag wave over the Union one and inseparable.
never ending, based on the corner stone of Freedom.
Responded to by l.. McCuny.
5-OUR ARMY AND NAvY-Thed defenders of the Union, our
hearts are with them when they stand as a bulwark to resist
the angry surges of foreign or domesic violence.
Responded to by A. T. Judd.
Gins HEROES OF 1776-Their memory is ever a sacred
heritage to us, may their sons in defence Of the Union emulate
the heToisn of their fathers in its establishment.
Responded to by L. .. Hall.
7.-THE MEMORY OF WAsHINGroN-May the God to whose
bosom he has been gathered, give peace and uni y to the Ind
he loved and in love. may the nation hold his memory as a COM
mon heritage to inspire loyal and uusuiied patriotism.
Responded to by Ii. II. Parker.
of the addresses made in response were
well prepared and we'll delivered, and all breathed
the spirit of Union and devotion to the mother
country. We much regret our space forbids
their irfsertion.
ma resnon,-s were