Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              •*t*f J ANfHBACITE JOUMAL : "—' '• ■ '' ■m il • —JMMf | r"" $ etkltj Drootfii tn Jit ma, litrrntort, tjjf ffirrrantilr, Alining, Hfrrljnninil, nnit Slgrimlturnl 3ustrnrfian, Stasnimit, £r. )--€t8a Dalto $tntntn, WHOLE NUMBER 163 VOLUME 4.--NUMBER 7. PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, l*sk y nutritious food/ lie quantity whichf inconceivable.— Infers from large grow to an enpr* many of thrm as barrel, and some of would have held ind When dry, is inch thick, and 1 than any wood ot use them as plates id milk pails and act, lor every pwr. Correspondence or the Alljun} F.tenlng Journal Inland ol Hawaii, are bo'h gentlemen in every sense ol the term. Kajiehoa spooks English as fluently as his mother tongue, having lived some years in Brooklyn and New York. THE PITTSTON GAZETiE, pie was followed by seven other liorsemeh, among whom we recognised three of the rascally Creole* who bud brought oil I his trouble upon us. He they culled Croup far Was among thenl. The other (our were al»o Creoles. Acadian*, or Ganndians. We had seen lois of their sort on the Upper Mississippi, and fine hunters they were too, but inoaily wild, drunken, debauched barbarians. The Acadian* came on in front, and iliey set up a whoop when they saw the Mockhouse and stock adC* ; but finding we were prepared lo receive them, they letreated upon the main body. We saw them speaking to the officer*, as if advising them ; but the latter shook their heads, and tho soldiers continued moving on. They were in uniform* of all colors—blue, red and brown—but each one dirtier than his neighbor. They marched in good order, nevertheless, the captain and officers coming on in front, and the Acadians keeping on the flank*.— The latter, however, gradually edged ofl" towards the cotton trees, and gradually disappeared amongst them. tures had already begun lo assemble, and presently hundreds of them were circling and hovering over the carcusses, which they a* yet leafed lo touch. shoulder*, managed to scale Ihe side of tho mound, almost perpendicular ns you see is is. And in n minute the Acadian, with half a dozen Spaniards, with axes, were chopping away at Ihe pnllsrides, and sever, ing the wattles which bound them together. Toglv* ihe deVil his due, II there had only been three like that Acadian, it would have been all up with us. He handled his axe like a real backwoodsman ; but the Spaniards wanted either the skill or the Nirengih of arm, and made little impression. There was only Righteous and me to oppose ihem ; for a doeen more soldiers Willi the seventh of those cursed Acadiaus were attacking the other side of the stockade.THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. I readto ea!. It is a ver I aasy of digestion, and j a native will eat of it it j Tliey eat it w ith their | calabashes, which here | mous size. I have seen large rounrJ as a flour thein I have no doubv twenty gnllons. The about a quarter of ai should think, stronger equal thickness. They cups saucers, water t dishes, baskets and in pose you Can think, of. To escape ths noise 8 the 4th ol July, which wr mericans and Kanakas, w pidcnture of fire crackers at home on a similar occ rido on horseback up F' the '• Pali" or precipice on of the island The road v Icy, Which is nearly half i bounded on both sides, by singular looking mountains. Proceeding leisurely along, I came 101 spot where the valley seemed closed up and was wondering what turn the road took next, when turning a sharp corner ai the rock, I was startled at finding my sell on the brink of a precipice of about 1,000 feet in height. My horse no less startled than his rider, involuntary stopped, and we both looked together down the awful chasm. A Iter surveying it for a moment I i ode baok a short distance to a nati'vri house, gave niy horse in charge of the Kanaka, and returned on foot to look more lefeD urely at this stupendous scene. After pausing for some ti.ne, to contemplate the •'xquisite beauty of the scene below, which was a level plain of the most delicate green extending from the foot of the precipice (o the Pacific, a distance of about three milea I took the road down. It is about ten feet wide and winds along the face of an almost perpendicular rock, and must havo required an immense amount of labor to complete it. It is so steep that to take a carriage up or down it would be out of the question. Morses may be led up and down but not rode. After walking down the road far enough to see the face of the mountains, 1 saw that the same pali or m precipice extended for many miles along the north side of tho island. Returning again, I soon gained the top, and, being out of breath, sat down and took another long look at (lie some. AND ln«i|iicliniia Anthracite Jonrual DescriptionI of the City und its Inhabitants, of the Natives— The Death Wail— Funeral of a Princess—Climate—The "Sick Wind"—Brilliant Moonlight— Dress of the Kanaka Latiise—Their Horsemanship—"Taro" and "Poi''— Calabashes—Celebrating iht Fourth of July—A ride up the Nuami Valley— Kanakas al Work—A Precipice ana a Prospect—The King and Queen—Royal Palace—The Future—Annexation to the United Stales. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BV G. M. RICH ART 8 H. S. "PHILLIPS. Just then Righteous, who had the sharp, est eye of us nil. pointed lo the corner iDf the wood, just where it joins the brush 1 wood thicket. 1 made a sian to Asa, and we all looked, and saw there was something moving and creeping through the, unierword. Presently we distinguished two Acadians, heading a score of Spaniards, and endeavoring, under cover of the liushi'*, to steal across to the tost side of the forest. About two months ago, Ivkunonolii, a lady Chief the grand daughter of Kumehameha 1st, died, and on that occasion for the first time, I heard the natives waili-"* She died about 7 o'clock, P. M.. and inhtar.ily there broke upon the stillness of the nigh! a soUnd such as I despair ol describing. It became general all overturn in n moment, and continued lor about three hours, ut:til it was slopped by the order of I'aki.' Her corpse lay in stale about si* weeks, and w as finally committed to llit King's Tomb, June 30th, wiih a grand funeral procession, in which the King's Ministers, high chiefs and government officers generally, took their appropriate places. uJUe ir«t-CWcV Jfai* Urn*, —mi Ikt ' SUrc" »J IVuner A- H Dbd. i tn"«untt * Joprml" ti published every Friday, at Two per auiiuin. Two DoUitra mul Fifty CeiiU will he charged ir not paid within the year. Mo paper will be dlocomlmwd antM all af'earim«» are paid Auvi.kare inserted at Out IHDI.- la* iter Hviunrw of fimrtc. il line* for three Inwrti on. aa I TwaiTV-riva additionalferevtr) atifcajquen t Imerttoo. A liberal .le.tuciloii lo llioee who advertlee for six tnonlhaor the whole *$ar. Job Woe*.—We have connected with our eatnbllhhment a well aelerl. d anorlmonl of •D«» Ttra which will en- Ma tnlu execute,In tlie neateat «lyle every variety of printing. 'The Acadian* fir you, Nathan and Righteous—the Spaniards lor us," said Asa. Honolulu, July 17th . Deaii B.:—We arrived here on March 22, after a voyage of 220 days. We were ihroughout favored with excellent health ourselves, as well as the children. We found our friends here all well and living in good style, and very glad to see us.— Also found your letters, and five or six more from other persons. id confusion of s kept by the AC ill a greater xthan i ever saw jsion, I took ft uuami valley to 1 the north sidrf nds up the valnile wide, and i range of most Righteous shot down one of the Spaniards ; but just stt he did so, the Acadian j tore tip one of the palisades, (but how he nid it, 1 know not to this hour) hold it with the brsnchfs arid wattles hanging round it like a shield, guarded off a blow that 1 .struck at him, hurled ft against me with such force that I stoggered back, and he sprong past me. I thought that it wan all over frith us. It is true that Righteous, with the butt of hit fifle, split the skull of thr, first Spai.iard who entered, and drove his hunting knife into the next ; but the Acadian alone was man enough to give us abundant occupation, no* he hod got in our rear. Just then there -vas the crack of • rifle, and '.lie Acadian gave a leap into the air and fell dead, at at the snnie moment my son Godsend, a boy ten years old, sprang lorward with Asa's rifle in his hand, still smoking from muzzle and touch hole. The boy had loaded the piece/ when he saw that Rathcl did not do it, and in the very nick of time had shot the Acadian through tho heart. This brought me to myself again, and with axe in one hand nnd knife in the oilier, I rushed in among the Spanis rd«, hacking and hewing right and leil. It w as a resl blllchefy, nnd luMrd a good qiinrier of art hour, il seemed to me,—but certainly some minutes ; until n' last the Spuuiards got sick of it, 4nd would have done so sooner, if they had known their leader wos killed. They jumped off the mnund nnd ran 'away, such 01 fliem a* were able. Righteous and I put the pali sade in its piuee again, securing it as well as we could, and then, telling my boy to keep watch, ran over to ll»e oilier side, where a desperate fiyht was still going on. POETRY. The next moment two Acadinns ami four Spaniards Iny bleeding in the bruxhwnod. But th« bullets were scarce out ot our ri- Hc-h when-a third Acadian, whom we had not seen, marled up. From the S'ar Spin pled Banter On going to her house, 1 found tlie walks inside ol the yard covered with fresh cut grass, nnd the tunerol car at the doof.— Tin; running part of this car was an old 12 pounder gun carriage, with it* drag ropes all complete. Tho heurpeor box iu which the coffin was placed, stood on four perpendicular posts inonised in the axle trees of the carriage, was about seven feet square and was elevated nearly 16 inches-above the hind wheels, which were full six feel in diameter. Alter putting the coffin, which was an elegant and highly ornamented one. into the hearse, the procession moved forward towards the Stone church, between two lines ol natives holding in their hands red and white flag*, the streets through which the procession passed, bein« covered w ith buliu.-hes, and the car being drawn by natives, to the sound of martial music by a native band. WHAT THEY WANT. BY BlfcO, '•Now's the lima I" he shouted, "bofore they liave loaded again. Follow me, and we will have their blockhouse yel !" Honolulu looks more like an American utv than any place out of the United Stutcs that I have seen. The majority of the houses are mada of grass hut there are a great many wooden and coralstone houses as comfortable as any in ihe United States. The populaiion is mostly native. Ol foreigners, Americans are the most numerous. Spaniards, English, Russians and Chinamen are a hundant. The furniture in the houses looks odd enoughs English crockery and hardwure, American bureaus, and Chinese chairs of bamboo, form an odd contrast.— The women, precious little souls I How can we help but hive 'cui 1 But how it make* their " dander riz" To kc us men above em ! "There be the first men to piok off," said Aaa, when he saw this manoeuvre.— "They've steady hand* and sharp eyes ; but if once we get rid of tnem, we need not mind the others." And he sprang across, followed by the Spaniards. We gno-tied our teeth with ragc at not having seen the Acadian. There were stifl thiee of these fellows alive, who hud tuken comjnand of the Spnniard*. Although we had killed or disabled a score of our enemies, those who still remained were more than ten of one of lis j and we were even worse off than at first, for then we had them all together, and now they were ot each side of us. But wc did not let ourselves be discouraged, although we could not help owning that the odds against us were fearfully great. The; can't content themselves to live, Amidst the pots and kettles, And waste scheming freaky brains, Ttt aeep us stuffed with victuals. The Spaniards were now within a hun dred yards of us. "Shall i let fly at the thievin' incendia ries 1" said Righteous. They ache to take the scythe and plow, And leave us with the dishes— They'd really like to get out of doors, And then to weacthe (what you call 'em 1) My ! what a figure they would cut l: A clearin" up and "logsfin' !" " A rsisin' and carTyin' brick" And mortar in the bargain. "God forbid !" said Asa, quite solemn, like. "We will defend ourselves like men, but let us wait till we are attacked, and may the blood that is shed lie at the door of the aggressors!" The houses have no chimneys, the cooking bung done in a little outhouse. All the wood and coral houses of the foreign residents have wide verandahs around tlicm, to keep offlhe hcatofihe sun. The town stands on a level plain but little ole. vated above the sea, and its streets are mostly Wide and regular, and well supplied with shade trees, although owing to the trade winds, which are very strong, they do not look very flourishing. The Spaniards now saw plainly that they would have to lake the stockade before they could get at us, and the ofliccrs seemed to be consulting together. We now had to keep a sharp lookout ; for if one of us showed himself at a loop hole, a dozen bullets rattled about his cars. There were many shot holes through the palisades, which were covered with white streaks, where the siD1iiiter» hnd bC-«u torn off by the lead. The musketeers had spread themselves nil along lhe edge of the lot est, and had learned bv experience to keep close to their cover. We now and then got a shot at them, and lour or five were killed ; hut it was slow work, and the time teemed, very long. First came four mm bearing "kahilis," which are large qtiamities of feathers curiously arranged and fastened on u pole, similur to a flag, ami carried in the name manner. After the kahilis came soldiers, th n the Hawaiian flag, then the funeral car, followed by the young chiefs who appeared as chief mourners, each of them wearing a cape of Kathern on his shoulders.How strong their tender limbs would grow I How sinewy and curdy ! What rough and scaly Imads they'd have I How rough they'd grow and hardy. And how they'd love to take the ate, Arid match into the forest, Some gloomy, told December day, wb«n the thermometer stands about five degrees below Zero, and keep the blood in circular Aon by chopping all day long in snow about knee deep, and then to come home at rit'gta and find supper—where it waa in the. morning, and their better-half ofT visiting among the neighbors.— What a luxury! j '3 "Hall!" cried Asa suddenly "Messieurs les Americans," said the officer in command, looking up at our loop holes. "Wlm'i your pleasure V' demanded It is situated on a plain on the south side of the Island of Oaliu, at tho mouth of a magnificent valley called-Nuan.j, Which extends (torn one side of ihe Island tft the other, about 7 miles. East ond wtst of the town are level plains, one or two miles wide, extending from the beach to the mountains, which rise from ihe plain to the height of 1,000 feet, so abruplly as to he climbed with difficulty. East of the town this plain exiC nds to an extinct volcano, called Diamond Head, ubout five miles, while to the westward it extends still ljurther. On tho east side of the openfiD£ of Nuami valley, and direcilj in Ihe rear of. and one-half mile distant (font, the town, is another extinct volcano, called "Punch Bowl Hill," the seaward edge of whose crater (about 800 feet in height) is lined with 18 nnd 24 pounders for the defence of the.harbor. The town contains about 10,000 inhabitants, of whom perhaps, 1,000 are foreigners, comprising Americans, Englishmen. Frenchmen Germans, Chinamen Russians, Lascars, 8c. The Chinamen are a shrewd keen set of fellows, mostly merchants; and dressed as most of them are, in Chinese fashion, the legs of their pa.italnoris being as large ns a woman's petticoats, and with their long queues hanging down their backs, they present to a foreigner an extremely odd appearance. The town is but Utile elevated above the waier j the streets being wide ond straight and crossing each other at l ight angles. A»aC Upon this the captain stuck a dirty pocket handkerchief upon the point ot his sword, and latlghiog with the officers, moved some twenty paces forward, followed by (he troops. Thereupon Asa again shouted to him to halt. Arrived at the church, the coffin was taken into the aisle, prayers were offered in the native longunge, and the procession took up its- line of march for the tomb in the same order. After the coffin was des posited iu the tomb, the ceremonies closed by firing three vollics in the- usual milita. ly style. Suddenly the Spaniards set up a loud rfhotit.- At first we could not make out what waC the matter, hut presently we hinrd a hissing and crackling on the roof of ihe bKckhouse. They had wrapped tow around their carnitines, and one ot the shots had set fire to the fir boards. Just as we found it out, they cave three more hurras, arid wc saw the dry plunks beginring to flame, and the fire to spread over t lie roof. "This is not according to the custom of war," said he, "the fla» of truce may advance, btrt if it is accompanied by fire, we fire." to be continued rl he Old Squatter's Story. FANNY FF.Rfx'b DEPAR MBNT. From the N. V. Muxicul World, Fashion in I unerals. Il was evident (tint (lie Spaniards never dreamed of our attempting lo resist ihem, for there they stood in line before 119, anil it we had fired, every shot must liuve told. The Acadian!), who had kept themselves all this time snug behind the cotton trees, called more than once to the copiain to withdraw his men into the wood, but he only shook hi* head contemptuously. However, whert he heard Asa threaten lo fire, he looked puzzled, and as il he thought it was just possible that we might do as we said He ordered his men lo hull, nnd called out to uh not lo fire till he had explained what I hey came lor. "Then cut il short," cried Asa, "you'd have done better to explain before you burned down our houses, like a pack of Mohawks on the war path." The climate here is delightful. Though the sun thine* intensely hot in the middle of iho day, yet owing to the trade winds which blow coustr.ml from the N. E., the heat is seldom felt to he oppressive, unless you are iu active service out of doors.— The trade winds are sometimes iuterupted by lht south, or as the natives call it, from the cffects it produces on thom, the "sick," wind, and then the headache, listlessness and languor prevail, although overhead it is bright and clear as if the trades were blowing. The sick wind, however, never lasts along. On the high lands it rains almost every day abundantly, which gives to the morniains a splendid green, of the loveliness of which you can form no conception.On the bank of a precipice 1,000 feet high, with a verdant plain at my feet and the beautiful Pacific rolling blue in the distance, with mountains on either hand 2,000 feet above mv head, on both of which the clouds were pouring down rain, while the bright sun was shining where I sat— all, taken together, formed a combination of the sublime and beautiful, suoh asvner« er till then passed before my eyes, and which he who has once seen will rmertfor« get. t TALE OP FRONTIER UFS I; iins become uufasUiouublr in New York lor Indie* lo attend funerals lo the grave. Even tlio inotlier may not accom puny llie lifeless form of her b« loved child beyond the threshold without violutiug the diead laws ot Fashion. #n a recently published English Book, called "Adventure* in Louisiana,'' we find the following narrative. The writer, while wanting through the Southwest he fell in with "Olu Nathan," a Yankee squatter. Among the various interesting places pointed out tDy Nathan, was the ruins of an old blticli house. But we will give the story "We must put that out, and at once," said Asa, "if we don't wish lo be rousted alive." "Let me go, Asa," said Righteous Are tlieie such mothers ? Lives there ore who, ot Fashion's biddine, stands bacK nor presses her lips to the little marble form that once lay warm and quivering beneath her heart strings?—who with undimmed eye recalls the trusting clasp of that tiny hand, 'the loving glance of that veiled eye, the music of that merry laugh —its low pained moon, or its last fluttering heart quiver 1—who would not (rather than •tiange hands should touch the b»be,)her sell robe the dainty limbs for burial ?—who shrinks not, starts not, when the cureless business hand Would remove the litile dar ling from its cradle bed, w hore loving eyes so olt have watched its rosy 'slumbers, to its last, cold dteamless piilow ?—who lingers not, when nil have gone, and vainly strives.,.w ith straining eye, tojiierce below that little fresh laid mound ?—who, when a merry croup go dancing by, stops not with sudden thrill, to touch some sunny head, or gaze into some soft blue eye, that has opened afresh the fount of tears, and sent to the troubled lips the murmuring heart plaint, " Would to Uod I had died lor thee my child—mv child 1"—who when the wintrv blast comes eddying by, shud. ders not, because she cannot fold to her own worm breast the little lonely sleeper in the old churchyard ? in his own words — '•You stop here. It don't matter who goes—the thing will be done in a min. ilte." [CONTINDKD.] "Are lliey lur otF V' asked Asa, quite quietly, as it be bad been talking of a herd of deer. He pul a chair upon a table, and got upon il, and then seizing a bar which was fixed across the chimney In hang hams 011, he drew bima-lf up, and Rachel handed him a pail Cf water. All this lime the flume was burning blighter, and llie Span iiirds getting loudi r in their rej neing* and hurras. Asa stood upon tint bar. nnd hold, ing the pnil above his head, poured the water on the roof. It was in this valley, near the Pali, that Kamehameha 1st, who, up to that time, had been king of Hawaii only, fought the last great battle which gave him the sovereign* ty of all the islands. Many of hi? routed enemies, on that occasion, having.no other means of retreat, precipitated themselves down the Pali, and perished. My friend John G Yasser, of Poughkeepsie, who rod* to this place a few days previous to my visit, told me that in all his multifarious wan* deringsin many lands, he had never seen any thing that would compare, in smblim' ity or grandeur, with this scene, Unless perhaps it might be the scenery alongsome of the mountain roads in Caraccas. "They are corning over the prairie. In less than hull an hour thev will be here." | der ?" "How bic lin y marching—in what or- In the town, on the contrary, it never rains enough to keep the grass green without watering, except in the rainy season. We can look up to Punc/i Bowl hill, half a mile from us, every day and see it rain finely, but never feel more than a few "In no order at all, but all in a heap to. eel her." As he spoke, three bullets whistled from the edge of llie fhre«t, and struck the stockade within a few incites of llie loop, hole at which lie. stood. They were fi:ed bv the Creoles, who. although the)' could not pos-ibly distinguish us, had probihlv seen his rifle barri-1 glitter through the epeninir. As soon as they had fired, they spuing behind iheir trees agnin, criming thiir heads forward UD hear il then; wh« a cry or a ginan. They'd have done belter to have kept hid. for RiglueuUs and I caught sight of ihem, and lei drive at the same time. Two of ihem fell and rolled from behind the tree*, and we saw that they were the one called Croupier, and another of our horse dealing friends. When the Spanish officer heard the shots, he ran back to his men and shouted out. "(J.iod I" snid Ash. "They can know Ihtlv about bush fighting, or soidieiing id any kind. Now then, the women into the blockhouse." '•More 10 the left, Asa," said Righteous, the fire is strongest more to the lefl." The houses are n singular mixture, grass houses, coral stone houses, adobe houses uod wooden houses, being all mingled together in strange confusion. The native houses are ftiostlv made of upright poles, thatched with grass, somewhat like the thatching of barrack. Some of them are very lurtre and comfortable as any house, except in the rainy season, when they are damp. Adobe houses too, are common a. mong the natives, though they ore going out of fashion on account of the centipedes which always nestle above them. The best houses are built ol corul stone, cut fiom the reefs at low water. They are of a dirty white color, full cf holes uml can be cut with an axe to any shape. Houses built of them, as also those built of adobts. are always plastered over outside, which stops the holes, and are then whiicw-ashed. Wooden houses are most common among foreigners. All the b°st houses, of whatever material they ore built, have vernandnfiB, some on one. some on two, some on three, and some on every side. They keep the house cool by keeping the sun from the sides of it. "Tarnation seize it!" cried Asa, "I can't e. Hand me up another pail full." and generally none at all. To see it rain in torrents and a bright moon shiiiing atjhe same time, would seem odd to you. but I can assure you thut it can be often seen here. Righteous galloped up to the tort, to be thfre fir?t in case the enemy should find it out The women soon followed, carrying Mbsl they could wiih them. Whi n we were *11 in the blockhouse, we pulled up the gate, made the door lust, and there we were. We fell somehow strange when we fonnd oi/rsefves shut up inside of the palisad 's, and only able to look out through the slits we had lett for our rifles. We weren't used 10 Being confined in a place, and it made us right down foolish. Thare we remained, however, as still as mice.-— Scarcely a whisper was to be henrd. Ra clrel lore up old shirts and greased them, for wadding for the guns ; while we picked our flints, unci fixed every I lung proper, iy about tie rid •*, and the women sharpened our knives and axes all in silence. We did so ; and when he had got it, he put his head out at the lop of ihe chimney 10 see where the five was, mid threw the water over Ihe exact spot. But at the very moment that he did so, thC report of a dozen niuDkets wa* heard. His Mojesty, Kamehameha 3d, is II stout good looking man, about 86 years ot age, and is often seen riding about the streets on horscback. His queen, like all Kanaka ladiet, is very fat, but in other respeots is a good looking woman. Their palace in the soDtheast part of the town, is, Jor Honolulu, an elegant house. Having 110 living children of their cwn, they have adopted two, the eldest of wl.tm is heir apparent to the throne. To my mind, it is perfectly clear that (Ionolula is destined, at no distant day,, to become a great city. Its situation,- equi distant from San Francisco and China, the perfect safety of its little harbor, and the exceeding leitillty of the soil of thef# islands, all indicate that it must ere long become a place ot great commercial importance. Owing to difficulties between tfre Hawaiian and French governments, growing out of the duties on brandy imported here, and some other cause, it is not unlikely that theAmerican flag wi" " u—- in a few months. There that Mr. Allen, U. S Con; home by this government, name of Kamchameht gainst the French ; and.. government would not, or tcise interfere, to offer to eignty of the isianda to l) them annexed to the Union here arc keenly alive to i Americans hoping for it, •: greatly increasing the tradi the English in » rttg» abot in such a measure a der commercial interests in tl Thp Knnfcka Indies dress themselves in costlier clothing than ihe ladies at home.— Their dresses are n.adeofthe finest silks ami Katins, alter the (nshion of a woman's night gown. They wear shoes and stock, iugs, when full dressed, but about iheir ordinary work they go barefoot. They live in blrssed ign/irnncn of the laiest Paris fashions, and if they had them, would not be such consunmle tools as to follow their absurd dictates. They havo nolle of the tqueamishness of civilization about a spot of dil l or dust on their -clothe*, for when dressed in their best, on a Sunday, they may be seen si'ting flat down in the dust, at the sides of the streets. "Ha!" cried Asu, in an altered voice, "1 have it!" And the Imma. and bucket came turn- Ming down the chimney, and Asa alter them, nil covered with blood. ' In God's name, man, are you hurt!" cried Rachel. "Forward—to the assault!" "Hush, wife," replied Asa. "Keep quiet. I have enough for the rest of my life, which won't be long. But never mind, lad* ; defend yourselves well, and don't fire two at the ynme man. Save your lead, for you will want it all. Promise me that." And oh, is there one who, with such "treasure laid up in Heaven," clings not the less lo earth, strives not the more to keep her spirit undefilcd fears not the leas the dim, dark valley cheered by a cherub voice, inaudible save to the dying mother's They came on like mad for a distance of thirty paces, and th*n, as if they thought we were wild geese, to be frightened by their noise, they fired a volley into the blockhouse. Nearly an hour had passed in this way, when we heard a shouting and screaraii'u and a lew mu«ket shot* ; and we saw thro* our loop holes some Spanish soldier* running: about on the crest of the slope on which our houses stood. Suddenly a great pillar of smoke arose, then a second, and a third. C But il is when on horseback llial they show to the best advantage to a foreigner. They arc passionately fond of this exercise. and are fearless riders, driving like Jehu. Imagine a stout, fat woman, dressed in rich silks, with wreathes of green leaves hanging about Iter shoulders, wiih n man's straw hat on her head, with a wreath of yellow flowers round ft, hi lieu of a ribbon, mounted astride ofn horse ;— then imagine a long train of yellow or red silks, the middle of which is fastened to the small ol her back, and the ends which is fastened to the small of her back, of which, after passing under her, on, the saddle, are turned backward, In such a manner, that, when the horse is on a gallop, they flutter out in the wind, extending back on each stdo as far as the horses tail, ar.d you have a tolerably good idea of a Kanaka lady taking an airing on horseback. Saturday afternoon is a sort of a holiday with them, and you may then often see twenty of them riding, in company, through the streets of the town, always on a gallop. ''Now then," cried Asa, "nro you loadod. Nnthan and Righteous? I take the cnptniri, you, Nathan, the linitenant,— Righteous the third officer, and Jumes the sergeunt Mark your men, and waste no powder." "A*», my beloved Asa !" shrieked Rachel, "if you die I shall die too !" Oil, stony.ryed, stony hearted, relentless Fashion ! turn Tor us day into night, il thou wilt; deform our women, halt oloihe wiih flimsy fabric, our victim children ; wring the last penny from the sighing, overtasked, toiling husband ; banish lo the back woods thy country cousin, Comfort ; reign supreme in the banquet hall ; revel undisputed at the dance; but when that grim guest whom none invite—whom none dare deny, strides with defiant front, across our threshhold, stand back thou heartless harlequin and leave us alone with our deed : so shall we list the lesson those voiceless lips should leach us— " All is vanity " cars, '•Si'ence, foolish woman ; and think of our child, and the one yet unborn. Hark I I hear the Spaniards. Defend yourselves, and Nathan, be a father to my children." The Spaniards were still some sixty yards off", but we were sure of our men at a hundred and sixty, and that if they had been squirrels instead of men. We fired; the captain, and lieutenant, the thiid offi. cer, two sergeants, and another man, wri. thed for an instant on the grass. The next moment they stretched themselves out— dead. AH was row confusion among the musketeers, who rail in every direction.— Most of them took to the wood, bumbout a dozen of them remained and lifted up their officers, to see if there was any life in them. The natives arc a fine manly looking race of men, erect and strong, two or three shades lighter in color than a negro, with long, straight black hair. Though nearly as illiterate as our negroes, they are a far more intelligent race, their native sagacity and quickncss of perception giving them a decided superiority. They can all read and write their native language, except the very old ones, who had reached middle age previous to the commencement of schools. Nothing surprised me more than their enormous size at an nge when in the United States they would be called children. There is one in my office, who translates for mo papers written ift the native language, who is over six feet high, and weighs 184 lbs. though not yet sixteen years old. So also, of girls; you would oall them sixteen at least, and are told they are but left. The chiefs both male and female, are darker in color, and generally larger in body than the common people.— One of them, A. Paki. the King's chamberlain, who is oftfii in the oflioe, is nearly •even feet high, and one of the most perfectly formed men I ever saw. M. Kekuanaoa' the Governor of the la land of Oahu, is also a lar«e, noble looking man, of very pleasing manners. Jaa. Y. Kanehoa, the governor of the island of Maui, and G. L Knpetu, Governor of lb* "God be good to us!" cried Rachel, they are burning our houses !" We were all trembling, and quite pale with rage. Mark ye, stranger, when men have been sweating and slaving for four or five months, to buiidjiouses lor their wives and their poor worms of children, and a paicel of devils from hell come and burn them dowa like maize-stalks in a stubblefield, it is no wonder that their teeth slio'd grind together, and their fists clench ©I themselves. So it was with us, but we said nothing, for our rage would not let us •peak. But presently, as we strained our eyes through the loop hole, the Spaniards showed at the opening of the forest, vandor, coming towards the blockhouse. We tried to count them, but at first it wos impossible, they came ou in such a crowd, without any order. They thought lightly enough of tho«e they were seeking, or they would have been more prudent. How. M*r, when I hey flame within five hundred paces, they formed ranks, and we were able to oount them. There were eighty three foot soldiers, with muskets and carbines, and three offi. cere on horsebaok, with drftwn swords in their bands» The hitter dismounted, and their exam- I had barely lime to press his hand and promise. The Spaniards, who had guessed our loss, rushed like mnd wolves up to the mound, twenty on one side, and thirty or more on the other be hoisted. Here s no doubt hxro il hero, was sent to ask, in the id, protection »•- I case th» U.S.. oould not, other. cede the sover. D U.S. and hav«r i. All duteenis subject, the 'he means of jfthe islandsj;: , it, foreseeing h blow to their e North Pacific.. r will be here ini, unless there ie. to prevent ity Idently expeot,)C i heir demanik y that most een'wton balls; Tours ester. "Ri»ady !" cried J. "Righteous, you with me, ond you, Rachel, show yourself worthy to be Hiram Strong's daughter, and Asa's wife ; lood his rifle for me, while 1 fire my own." "Oil. God ! Oh, God!" cried Rachel.— "The hellhounds have murdered my Asa!" She claspcd her husband's body in her arms, and there was no setting her away. I felt bad enough myself, but there was scanty time for grieving ; tor a party ol Spaniards, headed by one of the Acadian* was close to the mound on the side which 1 was defending. 1 shot the Acadian, but another, the sixth, and last, but one, took his place. ' Rachel f Rachel !" cried f, "the rjfte. for God's sake t a single bullet may save all our lives ?" But no Rachel came ; and t(ie Acadian and Spaniards, who, from the cessation of our fire,- guessed that We were either unloaded, or had expended our ammunition, now sprang forward1, and by climbing, scrambling, and getting on one another'* Fanny Fern. The Setting sun.—What is more beautiful than the western firmament on a clear summer eve? Il looks as though ten thausand dye-pots of glory had been upset in the Heaven, while their gorgeous contents leakedjthrough and stained the fleecy clouds beneath. It is enough to make one strip off his jacket of mortality and swim the gulph of death for the sake of reaching (hespleodifferous splendors which decorate the op. posite shore. cow jr. "Load again, quick !" said Asa, in a few voice. We did so, and shot six more Spaniards. Those who stHI kept their legs now ran off" as it the soles of their shoes had been ot red hot iron. The French men cf m three or four months, whC an American foroe lieri (which,by the way, we con they will doubtlewenforce against the government, telusive of all arguments, The natives lire mostly on raw fish and i preparation of taro roots which they oail 'poi." This taro fs a root much resem. jling a winter radfsh, and grows in little patches called taro patciies, which must be Hooded with water. They prepare these roots by roostWR them and pounding them with a stone pounder, until .the mum, with the addition of a little water, is about the consistence ol soft soap, then let it fermen*, and it is 1,1 We thtn set to work to pick out our touch-holes, siW clean onf our rifles, know ing t4»eC we might not have time Uter, and that a single mine fire might cost us all our lives? We then loaded, and beuen calculating what the Spaniards would do next. It is true thev had lost their officers ; but there were five Acadians with them, and tliey wye the men we had most reason to fear. Meat,time the «*» v»l" (£r The remark was once made to Moore, the poet, that it was supposed his verses slipped off his tongue as if by magic, and a passage of great ease was quoted -r "Why, sir," Moore replied, " that line cost me houra, days, and *«eka of attrition before it would cow«r" ——  OCT Pretty Good.—A country excbtnf* begins a forcible appeal to it* delinquents by thU touching sentence:—-"We must dux or we khall be done.