Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-07-05

two great chehans. The sword OF glory Of
secessions and dsunion IS forever shcathed.
Two millions six hundred and fifty thousand
freenen, have exchanged their peaceful homes
for the tented fields, and their, forced, those
fearful storms of leaden rain and iron hail.
until the stars and stripes float again from
every flag staff in the land, and there Is no
missing star and, with the blood oi more than
quarter OF a million Of their comrades, have
fixed eternal the decree, that Liberty and
Union must be now and forever one and
inscparable. No more North no more
" South, but, zone country and one hag.
But, fellow Americans is our work done
Shall the fires Of liberty smoulde, while we
rejoice Our foretather tended those fires by
day and by night, through sunshine and storm,
when all was not sunshine as nov. They
gave all that they might fan into life the feeble
Pickering spark OF liberty, while only is the
more delightful taste Of casting our ingots upon
that broad, deep, glorious flame, which is TO.
day the beacon light Of a world.
The base ball match at the Makiki grounds
Between the Honolulus and the Oceanics com.
menced at Ia5 PM MI !. VI. Castle was
chosen umpire. The game was close aud eS-
citing. In the first two innings the tlonolulus
made two runs and the Oceanics three, which
closed The score. Wall and Scott pitched and
caught the lionoluus out--and after SCOTS
finger had been put out Of joint. at that The
game was the best ever played in the Islands,
and will compare favonby with professional
games.
The boat race was won by the Myrtle boys
by one half mile. The piliu rowed by the
Kings crew shot ahead but soon dropped be.
hind when the Puahauani took the lead and
kept ii. The Puahauliani's time over the
course, which is 2,l miles long, was zol
minutes. The Myrtle crew were. Charles
Purdy, stroke; J. l.. Torber,, second stroke /;
Alexander Lyle, second bow W.. T. Monsar-
rat, bow w. +. Low, coxswain.
There were numerous private excursions
into the adjacent villages and several native OF
semi native feasts and American or foreign
dinner parties during the afternoon and even.
ing, notably big spread at the Spreckes
| place.
There is not space 10 describe as il deserves
the Good Templars' picnic at Fords Point.
The Waiamanalo left the Oceanic wharf at u
80 a. NJ. and again a, l p. NJ. The Mokolii
left the LikeIike wharf at 9. 80 A. NJ. A fairly
good load Of passengers was carried each trip
but the general expenses Of the excursion en-
cecded the receipts and Messrs n. +. Burgess
and a. +. Cooke--who assumed the contingent
deiciency--are "out" each abou, $40. The
band wen, on the O'Clock boat End there was
dancing on the green" The games resulted
as follows rifle match. 200 yards, +. J. Hig.
gems, who scored 81 ; hop, step, and jump,
Bert Burgess, first, John Moft,, second mems
foot race, John Mohtt; girls race, Edith Car.
ter. FIRST Lizzie Mott, second, Lot,ie Clark,
third; married ladies race, Mrs. Crooks, first,
Mrs. Walker, second; sack race, Tom Mott, first,
Bert Burgess, second; tug of war, married against
single men, won by former; ladies' egg and
spoon race, Nellie Bolster, first, Kate Webster
second; young ladies' foot race, Nellie Bolster
croquet, Miss Alice McGowan: one mile walk.
ing race won by Adolph Geering. A prize of
feredby Mr.. A. Frank Cooke for the first sue
cessfuly seasick person on the homeward trip,
was won by Mr.. William Clark, after an ami.
mated contest with fellow passenger.
4 The display Of fireworks was neither genera
nor especially brilliant. Messrs. John Patty
Jacob Brown, f. NJ, Lewis, NJ. NJ. Scott, II
w. Schmidt Charles Pluger, and Mr.
Deane OF San Francisco, were among those
who made most prominen, pyretechnic display
+ during the evening.
The ball was well attended. King Kala
kaua, Governor and Mrs. Domins, Minister
and Mrs. Dagge,t, various members of tn,
diplomatic and OF the consular corps, officers
from the Swedish and Italian men. Of war were
present. Although the hall was less elabor
ately decorated than last year, the beauty %
the toilets worn, and the beauty of many o
their wearers, amply compensated for wha, a,
frs, was disappointment. The supper wa
not perfectly satisfactory although an ampl,
one, and good in some of its features. More
over great deal of wine was served, in oppo
sition to The sense Of the best American elc
ment of the community, and OF 4 majority q
, those who contributed