The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-05-13

viy u n1res IF vstanIsv n his N mas,Srv descrip,iGn Of the emo
ays1lc' OF not guilty IN me rT . aelrmrs , gsn- ~ ~ de
Z American residents o.; this place when the glad t'iings "i the
, tall Of Richmond and Petersburg. and The snbseqGen; surrender
: Northern Virginia, reached them. In ,e trial of The Seven
: England and when that issue was decided in favor OF civil
and religious liberty, great aud perfect indeed vas the Joy oil
! rebellion the issues involved were faught with consequences no
{ less momentous than the National life Of one Of the proudest
: nluons The sun ever shone mon. ana principles Of liberty and
human observation-disclosures d" greater than ever sword Lad yindi-
I Gated or trumpet had proclaimed~ The unoounded delight
the inmeasurabis JOY, therefore; Of an true Americans az the
: prise any one who understands the issues involved in the civil
: war N America. Upon the arrival or the steamer on Tuesday
s in ace6riancs win his natn-s. some in uurestrained enthusi-
7 asn and exuberant shouts Of triumph. while others, whose emo
: tons were too intense for other u;terance save tears, ciApei
hands, looked in each others eyes and gave thanks to the God
3 of battles that they had vet a country that would come out Of
the ordeal of blood and fire through which she has been strug-
Cling for the past four years, cleSnsed' purified anu Fe'h'isoF-
Although from that eyentful day in April, 1861, when Ed
mud kutdn training the first gun on sumter swung me piue
against the palm no thinking man, with sonndhess OF SAMMY
unexnectei and and "a auspiiio9s, that it electrified the Americans
Of Wanaku so they gathered together in the school-yard, OPP
posi;5 the store OF 1S1R D. HayeSo3'; K hs91 10 . whose mese,D gh SWs
much of the eclat with which 1t was attended gave to the breeze
the stars and stripes, and beneath IFS folds made short Dnt ap-
propriate speeches and sung patriotic songs. Being destitute
of ordnance Of any description, and determined to burn some
procured, loaded and discharged one hundred times. The ex-
peishboring WI Villages Of Of W wihs and Waikaru. Lanterns, bril-
Hantly lit, were hung IN the trees, and strung ScTSS' a q roaa "a
the gathering and the immediate surroundings a picturesque
and animated appearance. The Joy created by the idings of
the speedy termination OF the American war. was not, on the
occasion Of which l am writing, confined to Americans alone.
Those OF other nadonaities who symPathized with us-the
sturdy Germans and the vivaciOus sons II france-came Tor
ward and shared in the general outburst of delight, and drd all
in their power to give the meeting spirit and effect. Nor must
l omit to mention the enthusiasm with which the natives en-,
tered into the spirit of the occasion. As soon as they learned
the object of the meeting. large bodies of them gathered IN the
roads about the school-house yard, aud, after each salvo OF the
unspeakable artillery, that would make Spinola " stare ana
gasp" sent up, not a shout, but a deep, prolonged roar, that
made the welkin ring and startled the echoes in the giens and
ravines of West Maui. Among the speeches made during the
evening, the one which struck me as the mos feicltouS, from
the happy blending Of humor and wit, was made by a sparkling
son Of the I" Old Dominion" During its delivery, the speaker
was greeted with frequent bursts of applause. The North and
the South, said the speaker, reminded him of the story of the
bull and the steam-engiue. The bull, young, vigorous and full
of life, happening to stray upon a railway track. saw n train
come tearing along towards him. The hull, having never seen
anything of the kind before, concluded the engine was his en-
envy. and Immediately placed himself in a posture Of defence ;
so with tail up. head down. and flaming eye, he awaited the
right moment, and then charged the engine full tilt. It's need
less to narrate the fate of the poor bull. The engineer, who was
an lrishInan, gazed sadly upon the remains of the once stately
animal, and thus apOstrOphIzed it: My garlnt chap, l con-
save a very high opinion of your bravery but; by me sowi, l
have n very poor opinion Of your judgment" The speaker
then ikened the South in this contest TO the bull. All must
conceive Il high opinion Of their galantry and courage, but a
very poor one Of their judgment.