The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1871-09-13

! BIOGRAPHY BOILED DowN.-Plutarch-I only
know the gentleman by reputation. He was always
spoken OF in the plural number. "Plutarehs Lives,
/ is a common expression, but how many there were
I Of him I am not prepared to say.
General Duke of Wellington-An officer in the
British army. Longfellow makes honorable mention
ofhim as "The Ward Of Cinque Points" Cirque
means five principle points, usually denominated
Five Points" he lived TO ripe old age and died.
Julius Caesar-son Of the old man Cesar. He was
born in Rome in his infancy, and upon arriving at
the state Of manhood be became a Roman. BE was
a fighter aud warrior of considerable note. His
friend Brutus one morning asked him how many
eggs he had eaten for breakfast and he replied, Et
IN Brute" His friend became enraged at being call
ed q brute, and stabbed Caesar quite dead.
Mahomet-Author Of the Koran, an exciting ro-
nance which he wrote in Mammoth Cave at Mecca.
He was the author OF 4 religions creed with which
be stuffed Turkey, and tried TO get up broil in
Greece but failed. Many Of his early followers suf-
fered great prosecutions Some OF them were burn
ed ut the stake He had three temples-one at Nee
ca and one at each side Of his head.
Guy Faukes-A warm hearted, impulsiye English
man, who believed the Parliament TOO good for this
earth, and devised an expeditions method Of eleya
ting the members 20 : better sphere. He was inter
rupted in his goodintcntions; but for this clrcum-
stance he would have made great noise in the world
BE was executed for his disinteresed benevolence,
aud subsequently burned at the place called Efiigy
Bonaparte IA harem-scarem sort offellow, who
occupied position Of considerable responsibility in
the French nation The impression went abroad
that he was ambitious which damaged his reputation
materially. He gained The respect and admiration
Of the French nation, because, happily, he not
Frenchman. When asked if he thought he could
govern France, he replied, "of Corseian." The
close of his life was not as bright the beginning,
but there was some Of it in narrow compass
STEAMBOATS, IN AMERIcA-wetook passage down
the sound to New York in a small packet sloop. I
believe there were no other passengers,-a striking
contrast with the crowds that fill the steamers twice
a day at the present time We were two days out,
and touched upon a rock ut the entrance of He'll
gate After few days at New York, we took pas
sage in u steamboat up Staten Island Sound. This,
believe, the first regular steam passage boat
on the New York waters, consequently in the world.
1t small vessel, the machinery, compared with
recent improvements, complicated and inefficient,
and the progress proportionably slow. IT, however,
filled me with admiration. Ipassed the whole time
was on board in examining rs closely as was able
Scarceany thing is more noticeable than the tardy
progress of this noble invention, after actual
experiment had proved its soundness Not steamer
was plying the western waters regularly as late as
1917; there, as late 1919, steamer on the
Mediterranean, between Dover and Calais, nor, if
rightly, on Long Island Sound. Thepro-
gress of the extension Of steam transport in the
United States was greatly retarded by the attempt
10 secure monopoly nnder the law OF New York 10
the assignees of Fulton We crossed New Jersey in
a very poor stage-wagon; but was rendered happi-
ly Indifferent to the discomfort of this part of the
journey, By copy ofn pocket edition of " The Lady
of the Lake" then just published in New York.
Eight years later, occasion Of visit ola few days
at Abbotsford, Sir Walter Scott kindly wrote his
name in the little volume-Edraird Eserett in old
and Near, for datgust.