The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-09-21
Queen Emma OF Hawaii.

Emma, the Queen Dowager of the
Sandwich Islands, who has recently
been to Europe, and visited England
especially to ask the aid of the church
there for the extension of religion
among the people of her country, ar
rived in New York this morning, on
board the Cunard steamship Java, on
her wav home.
The vessel was expected to arrive
here at II later hour, and preparations
had been made by several United
States officials, including the Collector
OF the Port, Surveyor Wakeman and
Mr.. Chiffon, a representative of the
State Department at Washington, TO
go down the bay in a revenue cutter
and give her formal reception on be-
half of the Governments but the plan
was carried out only SO far that the
lady was received by the Surveyor, ac-
companied by the Hawaiian Consul
General here, Samuel L. +. Odell, aud
General Marshall of Massachusetts
the last named gentleman having come
III IN official capacity to invite the
Quecn to visit Boston.
At ten o'clock this morning, while
the Java was lying in the stream, the
gentlemen already named went on
board IN the revenue cutter jasmine.
At the meeting with the Queen there
were no formalities except those Incl
dent to an introduction and n cO11rte-
ons welcome
The party remained on the Java an
hour while preparations were made
for the transfer of baggage and for
Decentralization. Then the Hawaiian
flag, which the Queen carried, was
taken to the cutter; it was somewhat
like the Union flag, except that in the
place of the blue ground and stars
there was crown; and the party was
conveyed to the foot of Canal street,
where the Queen and her attendants,
with the Consul General and one or
two others, took carriages that were in
waiting and went to the Brevoort
House
Queen Emma, as she is called, was
the wife of Kamehameha the Fourth,
King Of the Sandwich Islands. He is
now dead, and King Kemehameha the
Fifth reigns in his place
The Queen Dowager is about TWEEN
ty-eight years ofage, of medium height,
aud of comparatively slight figure.
She wears mourning garments, includ-
ing black jockey hat ornamented
with half-mourning plumes.
Her complexion is dark but not
black. 1t is not SO light as that of a
quadroon, and has no yellow cast, but
is rather like that Of the Spanish wo-
men of Havana. Her cheek bones are
high, her nose aquiline, and her face,
as a whole, is comparatively heavy
The manners Of the Queen are very
!ady-like; but persons who have no
venerahon for royalty, would find little
of the "style' which is understood to
belong to persons of high rank.
The education OF the Queen was
liberal, the missionaries from this
country at Honolulu having given her
the best instruction, and she is ex-
ceedingly good and amiable--in these
respects standing far in advance Of her
country people. She enjoys a great
measure OF respect at home, and exer-
cises much influence there, though
having no official position except that
named.
She has four attendants two men
and two women. The party visited
the Lakes Of Killarney not long before
coming to this country
The stay of the Queen Dowager here
will be short, but it is expected the
authorities will give her
the freedom of the city. Neg York
Ereninn Post.