The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-11-04
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

Gently occurred here. Some thirty years or more
ago. Us3i-50 there was = vessel trading across
the Pacific. and between this port and the Cali
fornia coast, commanded by an American. Among
:he persons employed on board that vessel when
was the brig Bolirar, was 4 Uindnada, serving in
the capacity of steward, 10 whom the captain took
quite a fancy. and probably treated him we'll,
which cannot always be said of those employing
Chinese stewards. Years passed on. the China
man left the brig and settled in Honolulu. and the
captain still followed the sea, till he became the
master and part owner OF q merchant ship. In one
of his passages, after leaving San Francisco one
dark night. he fell through the h~atchway into the
lower hold, and fractured his skull, causing 4
loss of his reason. The first officer touched At Homo
lulu. left the captain. and suddenly putting to sea,
sailed for some Chinese port. where he sold the
vessel and whatever property the captain had on
board. thus robbing him of everything he had in
the world. For years the captain remained an in
valid. but recovering partially, returned a few
years ago TO California. in the hope of finding
some means of employment there. But times mad
changed. and, bereft of his property, with Feeble
health, unable to resume his former service. he was
left to find q support in his old age, from charity
While in this destitute condition. his old Chlnaman
steward heard of his restitution, and wrote over by
Captain Patty inviting him TO come to these
Islands and spend the remainder of his days with
| nm. stating tu1I Ne NDiIu prov luS li hihh' "A 80
the same time sending money to pay his passage
hither. To Captain G. II. Nye. (or such was his
name J il was n voice from heaven, and he gladly
accented the invitation. arriving here IN the bark
Whistler on her last trip. The Chinese steward
vas none other than AHsING, the worthy proprietor
of an old sugar plantation in lilo, TO when
place Capt. Nye has gone, and has the promise OF
a kind protector and home as long as he may
live. We have gathered these facts from Capt
John Meek, an old friend of Capt. Nye, with whom
the latter always staid when III port. Such Il story
Of true Christian charity makes one feel proud OF
humanity. especially when it presents such & con-
trast to the mean and sordid s~eliishness too COM
mon in this world. And we feel all the more pride
in stating that this act was performed by a China
man, than whom there are no foreigners possessed
Of more kindly and benevolent feelings. Though
not educated under the boosted light of our
Christian religion, they yet have more OF the true
spirit of the Great Father of all, than many of us.
Wherever we may meet Cinnamon of any educa-
ton. we will find them courteous and kind, and
much of the prejudice against them, existing among
Europeans and Americans is unjust. We have
travelled with them on various occasions, and found
them often more civil and courteous than other
for eigners. |
TuE NATIONAL. RECORDS DEPOSITED IN THE ROYAL
TOMB FOR SAFE-KEEPING.-The present may be
STYLED :" the era of good feeling between the Ha-
vaiian Government and Great Britain. 1t has not
ALWAYS been so, as those are aware who are ac-
:, ouainted with Hawaiian history. In 1913, during
, the D." British ProtectOrate," " Nh. Judd" remarks
Jarves. on the lS3d page of his history, fearing
o Imprisonment and the seizure of the national re-
cords, withdrew them from the Government dou {
= and secretly placed them in the Royal Tomb. IN
8 This abode of death. surrounded by the sOvereigns
i of Hawaii, using the coffin of kaahumanu for
8 table. for many weeks he nightly found an unsns
- ,-.l,-, fr nj. oun lnhorS in hphalt OF tht
kingdom. 1t required no small degree OF prudence
e on the part of one so influential and beloved among
u the natives TO prevent an actual colhsioH pet"eei
e the hostile parties
e The time has not yet come to write an Impartial
e history of the Hawaiian Kingdom, but the Muse o
IF History is now recording facts. and ere long 1t VII
i he made to appear who have been the friends o
the Hawaiian people and Government; who wer'
20 instrumental in securing its independence ant
N who have praverfully watched over its welfare ant
lie interests. With the personal history of nearl.
N every one of those Chiefs whose remains have beer
n removed from the Tomb to the Royal Mauso
of leum, there is associated a story of thrilling inter
g, est. There is much in the history of both the NAL
Sc and female Chiefs of Hawaii that will live as lon
ty as books exist or historians write. k~amehameha
We was no ordinary man and King. His royal CON
lie panion, Kaahumanu, wasFnot only pre-eminenu
" large in body, but a woman of no small ability an
10 executive talent. The same remark Will apply I
nv Kinau. mother of Kamehamehas " and V.-FfienC
n. You KILL MEXICAN MANS GoD"-A day G
d. two since we heard our friend Charley r
ny telling. in his inimitable way, the following lncldei
/" which lately occurred in San Francisco, and whic
for keen barbarian repartee, can't be excelled.
Celestial, evidently just in from the mines, al
to bound for the - fowcry land in the ship Oracle
@ some other HongkOng packet, hurrledly entered
he shoe-store in -- street. kept by a Jew, and aske
u the price of a pair of shoes. Five dollars" a
he swered the = original cheap John" me give tw
y: dollar-happe,' replied the Chinaman, who pr
snt badly had heard of his original mode
trading. No sooner uttered than the ire OF Il
Isrealite was reused, his eye flashed fire, and Sc
ing his unsuspecting customer by the arm, WI
:" one dig from his boot sent him staggering ont t
oy- door. Nothing daunted by the rough treatme
lis which he had received, he turned around near t
lnd door. and planted himself in an attitude OF ln
=" crous defiance. snch rs a Chinaman alone can {
in bibit. when thoroughly riled. and shaking his
we, lustiIv nj the Jew, shouted in a voice that cou
he heard across the street. prefacing his exclan
Don tion with an oath which one could hardly belle
" a Celestial" could utter: Ne sable you. \
lin sJalin,u mans Cod" The effect was elect
n cal The descendant of the Hebrews retired
,air hind his counter satisfied that he had taken hold
tho the wrong customer. while a roar Of laughter
aat the street attested that the Chinaman's rever
atom was amply satisfied.
(" Gan. HAMILTON" the popular but rather err
AZ lie authoress. and a regular contributor to
g. Atlantic Magazine" is Miss Abigail Dodge
~ cousin of Major General Dodge, OF Iowa, and IL
in Hamilton. a few miles from Boston, on the ii
heh ern Railroad. She is "a maiden lady, of IS
iei' mars-no matter how maryland takes her non