The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-06-26

a Young sailor &c -. now absent ON a voyage
and . H.-cy NirSca) Is ~ and teanSter in New
port. Hattie isSnly l., an1 possesses = wealtl
Of Personal alrlst'ons that many a tar Fiji
Gul.c in rings atd ear drops, and other vauitie,
dear 20 the feminine heart and when they have
recourse 70 tie treasures Of their wardrobe, accu.
mUiarcl chiefly hy ida'> industry. they might
easily be mistaken for dlmsei> of high degree.
TIC house ia which they live i white-yashed
I'LL !, g.i-tgUs Ike snow. and everything l. kept
scrUuG.uusIv clean. The Rock itself j. a Jagged
pile, less than an acre in extent, divided by a
channel. which is bare II low tide. and 30 utterly
barren thar not a blade Of grass viii grow upon
it. y u.i-ch.evclS black poodle. two rabbits,
three plump cats (wno made an end 10 all the
rats and mice long ago., a couple Of turkeys,
ant q dozen comm n fowls give quite 4 Robinson
tru>Uc air q the place. The tide rises here
about seven feet. and the highest point Of the
rock l. seventeen feet above that line. On the
lnudward side Is a long. high pier, capped with
fifteen massive blocks OF stone. and here. swing
Ing from the derricks. or rocking on the tide,
may be seen the small, squarc-s5ernod w~ell-wOrn
government boat, black without, and white and
green within. in which Miss Lewis has learned
O, row - well that even tie brawuy boatmen of
the harhOr concvde her superior skill. and with
which most OF her rc-cucs lave been achieved.
y portrait o! tie American Grace Darling,
AMI a picture OF one of her exploits. were pub
lishcd two years ago in an illustrated paper and
many compliments and requests for photographs
cnsued. More than one romantic gentleman
tried - persuade her 10 change her name for his,
and found Il friend indeed, but no wife. Two
brothers. s~caiarinS men. from Black Rock. Con-
~Uccticut, have pressed their suits at Lime Rock
with more success, and it is quite probable that
both the sisters may be married before another
Spring.
1t i worth nothing, perhaps, that Miss Lewis
II rightiully entitled to the extraordinary and un-
Ircccdentcd name Of ldawalley Zordaia.' which
she inhcrits from the quaint fancy of her ma
tcrHal grandfather, an estimable but eccentric
Block Island physician. This name. however,
she has wisely discarded, and writes herself
simply Ida
In France or England, such a heroine would
long since have received many honorable and
substantial testimonials, but scarcely any gifts
were made u Miss Lewis until the two soldiers,
rescued on the 18th of March, insisted on her
accepting 4 gold watch and chain of Swiss manu-
%facture, valued ut one hundred dollars. l.. Prang,
the Boston chrome publisher, sent her. last week
= kind letter. and half = dozen choice pictures.
John Carter Brown, Esq, OF Providence, and
John AuclinclOss, ESD, of New York, have
each sent her checks oi S25 and n Boston gen.
tlcnian transmitted To her last Friday tine sum of
one hundred dollars. An active Newport citizen
OF salt water experience is rapidly raising in that
city and Providence n subscription OF Sl35 for
the building Of a cedar l~iic-bOIt, TO be finished
in the finest style. by one of the best Newport
builders, and PAINTED white with n gilt stripe.
lt Is almost certain that this will be completed
and presented 10 Miss Lewis within n few weeks.
Another energetic citizen meditates raising n
fund Tor her benefit, this season from the Summer
visitors at Newport, and one or two private enter
prises of moment for her benefit are also in
progress.
In the opinion Of the best judges, no truer or
more fearless heroine than Ida Lewis ever found
4 place IN the annals Of any humane society on
side of the Atlantic, and none mere unselc.
'@V eyer rQsnINpH hn,prl From rtp-n y-h,ln, -, .
Or wealth enables them to crown meritorious acts
with suitable rewards.