Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-02-04

fairly whipped the police force,
with the marshal at their head,
before the men were aware that a
ahipmate was in jeopardy. Learning
the fact, they came up the street with a
shout and ended the battle. A guard
was appointed for the hero, who were
not 10 get drunk aud render themselves
incapable Of defense. and so Tom re-
mained on shore and had his liberty, and
was declared the bully He was dis
charged from the service in California
some months later, and made good
citizen.
The number Of well-to-do American
families resident in Honolulu we're a
hundred or more, and from these iami-
lies came a great many young ladies,
most Of whom had been born and reared
on the Island. They werewell educated,
and did very much as they would have
done il they had been brought up in
America
We here added specimens OF white
coral TO eur collections of curious things.
find it right difficult TO frame descrip-
ton Of piece of it. In shape it some
what resembles n musbroom or toad
stool, provided the Under side were
turned up, and instead Of the disc being
solid it should be composed Of branches
or roots. The stools are from six inches
to foot in diameter. When first torn
from the reef il is brown in appearance
Shiny to the touch, and emits an odor;
all Of which is due TO the presence OF
the insects which are deposited in
minute cells over the surface.
When removed from the water the
insects die, putrefaction sets in and
stencil follows. Lay the specimens in
stream of running fresh water where
the sun will fall on them, and in few
days the organic matter is carried
away, and the coral is as white as snow.
No red coral is found in this part of the
Pacific.
did not go into the Kings palace-a
good sized two-story building-for sew
eral reasons. One was that an old, bare
footed Kanaka imam, in the native
.tongue), stood at the gate with gun on
his shoulder and would not let me, and
another was that | did not think from
the appearance outwardly that it would
be wsrth seeing inside. | mentioned
that the King went to Lahaina about the
time we arrived, but he left his Queen at
home, and it was arranged that she
should visit our ship and get royal
reception. All the ladies and gentle
men attached to the court, as well as the
great nobility, were to come in full
dress. For week we made preparation
for the event; scrubbed and painted,
polished and FURNISHED from keel to
truck. At ten O. clock of the appointed
day we dispatched several cutters for
visitors, and l think we got on
board fifty or sixty ladies and
gentlemen before the royal party arrived.
Four handsome boats conveyed the elite
of Hawaii. As soon as they came in
sight the royal standard was displayed
from the main, and as they approached
the ship the men were sent aloft in
swarm and manned the yards, from roy
ais down. We carried awhole company
of marines (whe are soldiers and not
sailors), who stood in front of the gang
way in all the glory of old-fashioned
pipe-clayed belts, ire-bucket hats and
arms as bright as steel mirrors. Seven
snare drums and as many fifers were
ready to roll" Forty officers, in our
unostentatious full dress, were ready to
lift their cocked-hats. A dozen side
boys are to hand the imam ropes"
and the boatswain with his golden "call
stands by to blow that long, shrill blast
which is to continue flom the time the
royal foot touches the ladder until it
comes on deck. Right royal did all ap-
pear-that is, our part Of it.