The Hawaiian gazette., 1881-07-13

NE. WHITE. the Representative Of the United
States at the Court Of Berlin. is making good use
Of his time for fur.herin the interests Of the Uni
versity which he represents. The Minister at
Berlin, still holds the Presidency of Cornell
He has sent lately collection Of 2ooopieces,
consisting Of casts of gems. msdallions. ststu2ry
and selection Of photographs for the use of the
students at that institution. Iibsrality of this
kind is especially laadable; we hope that when
some of our wealthy people 90 abroad, they viii
think Of Hawaii and send. to the various educa-
tionaI establishments here the gift Of few photo
graphs. or some plaster casts or eoiiectlon- or
even a fse specimens. Of rocks and fossils-or IN
fact. anything that vii tend TO make education
something more than = mere matter Of learning
from books We know that all tue teachers strive
TO give much as they can. outside OF books, but
q great deal has TO be taken faith by the pupil,
or else he has 10 be shown by means OF clumsy
Inske-sIifts instead Of proper apparatus We
truSt the example Of Minister White vii not be
lost, now that attention has beea called to It
Mr.. VIM. G. Irwin entertained his friends at
lunch on board the brig which has been named
after him All the prominent gentlemen prOfes
sionaI and mercantile were present After lunch,
the company adjourned on deck where a number
of speeches were made. In reply TO a call from
Mr. P. c. Jones, Mr.. Irwin spoke somewhat as fol-
lows: - he thanked his friends for kind congTatu-
lations towards himself and his namesake; he vas
proud that his friends IN San Francisco had paid
him the compliment Of naming the fine vessel after
him. He hoped the new brig would be unlike him
self always .JafI and fasf-'- NJ Irwin concluded
BIZ proposing the health of Messrs J. D. Spreckels
& Bros. Capt Douglas said be knew from expert
ence the Wns. q. IririH was fast he trusted she
would be full Mr. Jones in answer 10 the toast Of
the opposition line nIade some remarks. be said
he heartily Elshsd his friend Mr. Irwin continued
Success; his Success up 10 the present had been
due. lot TO luck, but to his stirring qualities and
faithful attention TO business this had Won for HIM
the confidence Of his fellows Mr.. Jones then al
luded TO Mr. Twins continued sid unvayering
kindness OF his mother and sister. Mr. Jones
marks we're received zitk cheers Mr. Il hsefar-
lane was glad that an cid schoolfellow and play
mate had won so prominent place as Mr. Irwin
nov had N the mercantile community Mr. IRWIN
was an example. BE himself wished he hada rich
hacker like Claus Spreckels- Judge Hartvel fol-
loved with some remarks upon capitalists In gem
sral and some compliments to his friend IN parti-
culzT. Captains Mist and Fuller also spoke, and
the party broke up \ little after l O'Clock The
vessel vas beautifully decorated and dressed and
every credit is due to the Captain and the en-
plOyees OF Mr. Twins fra for the assistance they
rendered their chief. We say, S1ccess to the
I1riH!
/ In the C1ro,.ieIe of June 9th appears a column
and i half Of very sensational article headed
White Serfs-- Bold north men sold into bon
daRe- e Inhuman scenes Of Slavery The IN
furmant Of the Chronicle reporter Is SEede
named c. Chaulssu- The reporter must have per-
fectly giOatsd over his OPP rt1nity for dressing
up number of actual falsehOOds and perverted
truths be has fairly spread himself IN the matter
I OF adjectIves and epithets As above A trace OF
our friend Don CslsO, see still remains, IN the
words - Missionary Gang We subiOin sPeci-
men two. This Is the account of how people
were allotted:
~TlIe free white men and women. it is said,
were ranged side by side like slaves cattle, and
a number placed on the breast Of each. Cores
ponding numbers were placed IN an Urn, and from
this the planters drew, selecting the men and
women according to the number drawn The
astounding ssatelleut Is made that no regard was
paid 20 family ties Brother was separated from
brother, father from and brother from SISTER.
The scenes It is said were heaEtrending. The only
tie observed. the escaped SsEels alleges, the
marriage bond, but according to his story even
this was but poor protection 70 the hapless
women"
And the following, headed, fiaboIiea1 device:
He had been engaged by one Of the mission
ar gang al wages higheE than those a. which
labor aflerEards rated Because Of that fact his
employer endeavorsd b. systematic cruelty to
make him either run away or Kill him clause
Of the labor contract under which ali the aborers
are engaged reads: - he said party Of the second
part promises 10 perform such labor as
the said party Of the inst part shall direct The
zeil-paid laborer WIS therefore directed to roll
heavy stone Up and down hill, II the baking sun,
for ten hours day. He finally ran away and was
engaged by the SpTeckels-
r discs rEIHes. Ii Is not necessary to quote
more IL Is too bad however 70 have such downright
perverzi0u u the truth Published. The worst oft
l. that though the matter can be and Is readily
eontradicted IN San Francisco It Is Just the kind Of
thing which Is seized upon aud copied from paper
to paper. Spreading ever II a wider and q wider
ring while No one viii take the tr04ble 10 clip the
contradiction. We know that In San Francisco
steps have been taken by some Of our friends there
% couuteract the report, and Senator Nelson HIS
had the matter fully explained 70 him.