Nuhou, Volume I, Number 21, 24 March 1874 — The King's Departure [ARTICLE]

The King's Departure

i i or kaua j was attended with a fiue sceuic ( dii>play our liarbor. As the Ailaiua I a\\aited Koyai Passeuger on the afternooa of Mpaday the 16tii the wharves |aad aeighiboring ro,oU were ero\vded with |. tho.U6ands ot peoplu. The iour ships of \var i ia port, 2torom and I had yards all maaaed wilh saow whi|e tarsand .wben the royal carriagc'and, aecoaipaayiag cavaiciide» aftcr proceediag rapidly through the lano formed 4>y lines ofj people armuged by the poliee and our w hite pipped Specials had sct down the King, the royal standard was ruu up to the st|eauiers main t and th«re broke forth froui, sotne scofes of irou throa.es, the iiaaie aad fiuoke aad roar as of battle» it wa§ a heart stirriag and only iacked one thiag to make it a|irue ros*l ov«tion.

and that wna the hearly uijjuiimous &hout c- r the people. HarJ!y one in jten lifted up hator voices, anil we \vere to note hov. feebly Hawaiiniii in Honolula hoi;ored .tiieir King, | .. . , On the return from Ivauaj ihe reeeptioii o; His 31ajesty wa* we regret to say, far more silent and sullen tl>an the ,4pparture.