The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-30
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Extended references are made
j captain, afterwards commodore, a
Catesby Jones visit in the U. S. Sloop
of-War Peacock. which led to the sign
ing of the first treaty made by the Is
q Hands with the United States. TIL
i original of this treaty cannot be found
8 All subsequent treaties of Hawaii wit
4 foreign powers down to Annexation ar
4 intact and filed here. Even the cop,
n which was sent to Washington wa
destroyed there by fire. There ar
copies of letters or statements made b,
Commodore Jones many years after hi
visit giving his recollection of tn,
council of the chiefs held on De
4 cenaber 1. 1926, when the treaty
was proposed, showing his differ
ences with Charlton, the English
man who made considerable troubl,
for the kings and mixed up affairs gen.
orally. Commodore Jones "callet
DOWN Charlton in a diplomatic man
ner. AT that time the chiefs first learn.
ed that America and England were
equal, having been led by Englishmer
here to believe that America was g
colony of Great Britain. This last
statement occurs in footnote to Com
modore Jones letter.
Then the French incident is brougf:
. out. Mr.. Lydecker says that the de-
mands of the French Commissioner
NJ. Perrin, in 1851 finally resulted in
the issuing of proclamation on March
10. 1851, placing the islands provision
ally under the protection of the United
States, and which evoked the famous
letter from Daniel Webster, Secretary
of State, written to II. S. Commissioner
Luther Severance, in Honolulu, in
which appears the declaration:
And that policy is, that
while the Government of the United
States, itself faithful to it's original as
surance, scrupulously regards the inde-
pendence of the Hawaiian Islands, it
can never consent to see those islands
taken possession of by either of the
great commercial powers of Europe;
nor can it consent that demands mani
testify unjust and derogatory, and in
consistent with a bona fide independ-
ence, shall be enforced against that
Government
Webster said also that the Navy De-
partmeht was instructed to preserve
the dignity of the United States in this
important position.
1.-THE last document I shall men
ton" said Mr.. Lydecker. seems to
need some explanation from the De-
partment of Public Instruction. 1t is
written in native and bears the follow
ing endorsement: Board of Educa-
tion-How to Flirt with a Handker-
chief AS near as I can make out it
is the key to a wigwag system of that
feminine art
Mr.. Lydecker gave some interesting
details concerning the authority under
ie,e-;<, SC
working and the building which will
shortly house the archives.
CLEOPATRA'S BARGE.
Prof. w. D. Alexander read an arti-
Gle on "Cleopatras Barge the first
American yacht, which finally came
into the possession of Kamehameha III
and was eventually wrecked on the Is
land of Kauai. Captain George Crown
inshield of Massachusetts, having made
a fortune in the East India and China
trade, determined to build a yacht
which would be the finest afioat. Work
commenced in the spring of 1916 and the
launching occurred in October of the
same year. With the launching of the
yacht, Captain Chowninshield practi-
cally became the first American yachts
man Nearly three thousand people
for inspection. She was of 191 1-2 tons,
SO feet in length. % feet of beam and
IL 1-2 feet deep. She was a hermaphro-
dite brig and carried every possible
sail for speed. The interior was finised
III mahogany and birdseye maple, with
velvet and gold-lace trimmings to the
cabin furnishings. She cost $60,000 an
immense sum in those days.
On March 80, 1917, CIeopatra's Barge
sailed for the Mediterranean on
cruise She first visited the Azores
where bail was given ashore in honor
of the owner and the sailing. master,
Captain Ben Crowninshield, and the
others aboard. At Malaga and Car
tina gena she was given great recep-
tions, and was chased by a Moorish
pirate once At Barcelona over 5000
visited the yacht in one day. At Mar
settles she was reprinted and refitted
regardless of expense. At Genoa there
were more brilliant fetes. At Elba the
owner called on Napoleons adherents,
he being an admirer of the fallen en-
oeror. Two of Napoleons staff officers
sailed from Elba for the United States
in the barge, which was chased by
French men-of-war. but was not over
AIKEN The owner died that year, and
he boat was sold at auction and for
awhile was in the Decentralization
S. CO trade. She was sold again and
vas sent out into the Pacific, arriving
1t Lahaina, Maui, in 1920. The King
yisited aboard and was entertained and
1e finally purchased the vessel. The
King eventually sold the vessel for $780,
90 payable in sandalwood and the name
vas changed to one in Hawaiian,
meaning Pride of Hawaii The king
one day ordered the vessel to go to
Eva but a sea he ordered the vessel
o Kauai. The king there entertained
him, and was then treacherously taken
aboard the barge. brought to Honolulu :
and virtually kept a prisoner to his
leath.
In April. 1924. this first American l
"a chit was wrecked and dismantled in
he bay OF Hanalei.
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