Nuhou, Volume I, Number 8, 21 Malaki 1873 — Good-Bye Benicia. [ARTICLE]

Good-Bye Benicia.

We joitiod a jmrty al'' 1 joily good follo\vs,". on Wedntisclay, in tho Ward Ilooui of - thU . noblo Bhip* licr br«tvo ufficorti \vcre tn Sno s}iiritß, and dctcrmincd lo give their fricndb ashore u roucing p;ood-byo. Theee Bcnicians ure no half-\vaj fello\v8; fchoy aro. of the righteouH, that give fiili jneaßure and over ; and \ve all weie running over, and e(Tervenciiig with a cheery, hilarious good feeling. Some uf us tried to air our eloquence; nnd in the' midst of the good time, it \vas announeed that t.he King and the Admiral were eoming on board, On the instanc all the merry 9 who had been husy toasting and roasting thcir eomrades, dofled their mess rig, and blipping into gold laee and epaulettes, \vere imincdxately on deek in grand tenue and «olemn poee, and ready to reeeive \vith offieial dignity, heightened \vith eordial good wlll, their iriend King Lunalilo, llis Mnjesty oaiue on ]>oard in qūiefc muftī, \vithoufc any o/Scial roar, \vith the solc desire to bid a pleastant adieu to his feliow passengers on the voyage to Kilo. Thoy felt indeed, to judge from their kindly mood afc the presence of the King fchafc they wouM be happy to elaim him as a shipmate, a brother officer, and their eommander. We verilv believe that thcse republican naval lieroes have borno away in their hearts from the ,harbor of Ilonolulu, a y(rain of t«ympathy for voyalty whieh they never felfc Afc any nUe they have lbund it pleasanfc to rccognize the claims qf a natural born chifrftain, when those I ehnn-8 weie fcupported by an aiTabi!ity, inlelli-! j;enee, and manliness ,that eompletely won their hpiYts. : llis Majesty, and llis Miniisterfc of Foreign Affaire and Pinauee wlio \vere ou board; the Governor aiul aids, and several gentle-! men ; and the Nunou will long remember this bappy good-bye to the Benecia.