724 SANDWICH ISLANDS, KING OF. 



SAN SALVADOE. 



bribe some of the assemblymen by promising 

 them offices in case of his election. On the 

 morning of the 8th of January, the day set for 

 the election by the Assembly, the natives began 

 at a very early hour to surround the Assembly 

 hall, provided amply with sticks and clubs of 

 all sizes, and many with stones and other con- 

 venient missiles. A report had obtained very 

 extensive credence that the Assembly, after 

 meeting, would adjourn over a day, as a com- 

 pliment to the new King, for such Lunalilo 

 really was, needing only the formal ratification 

 of the Legislature to make him so de jure as 

 well as de facto. But the Kanakas were de- 

 termined that he should be elected, and that 

 too on that day, and the somewhat mobbish 

 preparations above described were simply in- 

 tended as a forcible suggestion to the Assembly 

 that such was their will. In spite of this for- 

 midable array, through which the members 

 were compelled to pass to gain the hall, one 

 of them had the boldness to rise and move an 

 adjournment, but as soon as this was known 

 outside, and before the motion could be put to 

 a vote, the angry Kanakas shouted out : " Put 

 a rope around that man's neck, and give us 

 the end of it ! " Two or three remarks of a 

 nature similar to this had the desired effect, 

 and the motion was not put. The voting was 

 immediately taken up, and, under the pressure 

 of the decided feeling manifested by the na- 

 tives without, a motion that each member be 

 compelled to write his name on the back of his 

 ballot prevailed easily, and amid the greatest 

 excitement the votes were past and declared 

 to be unanimously for Lunalilo. The King-elect 

 was crowned the next day in the stone church 

 at Honolulu. His inaugural address proposed 

 important changes in the government ; one, 

 that the Legislature be divided in two branches 

 that of the nobles, and that of the represent- 

 atives ; another, that free suffrage be granted 

 to all natives ; and another, that the Attorney- 

 General be no longer considered as one of the 

 cabinet. The legislative assembly afterward 

 ratified these amendments, and all that now 

 remains, before they be incorporated into the 

 Constitution, is that the Legislature ratify them 

 next year. Immediately after his coronation, 

 the King chose his cabinet, evincing in his selec- 

 tions a sound judgment and liberal tendencies. 

 SANDWICH ISLANDS, LOT KAMEHAMEHA 

 K APT: AIWA, KAMEHAMEHA V., King of the, 

 born in Honolulu, Hawaii, December 11, 

 1830; died in that city, December 11, 1872. 

 He was the son of Mataio Kekuanaoa and Ki- 

 nau (daughter of Kamehameha I.), and, in 

 company with his elder brother, afterward 

 Kamehameha IV., and a number of other sons 

 of the high chiefs, was educated at the Royal 

 School, established by the American Mission 

 in 1839, under the charge of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. 

 Cook. He was quick to learn, and acquired a 

 very thorough education, becoming in time an 

 accomplished scholar and gentleman. But, 

 like most of his race, there lingered about him 



a taint of the old heathen superstitions, and, 

 at not very long intervals, he would indulge in 

 gross intoxication, and, in his secluded cluster 

 of cabins on the sea-shore, would direct the 

 performance of all the old rites, dances, and 

 ceremonies of the heathen worship. In 1854 

 his -brother, Kamehameha IV., ascended the 

 throne, and he filled with ability the office of 

 Minister of the Interior. At the death of his 

 brother, November 30, 1863, Prince Lot as- 

 cended the throne as Kamehameha V. He 

 had previously visited California and England 

 with his brother. He was somewhat jealous 

 of the influence of the missionaries, and was 

 greatly dissatisfied with the constitution 

 adopted during the reign of Kamehameha III., 

 and which, it is said, was drawn up by the 

 missionaries. He had introduced, soon after 

 his accession, the Established Church of Eng- 

 land as the state Church, and had assumed 

 the name of " Head of the Church " as one of 

 his royal titles. In 1864 he summoned a con- 

 vention to amend the constitution, or, rather, 

 to make a new one ; but, dissatisfied with 

 their efforts, he dismissed the convention, 

 abrogated the constitution, and promulgated 

 another of his own composition. He made, 

 however, a very good ruler, and, though he 

 was more nearly absolute than most of his 

 predecessors, seemed, in general, to be actu- 

 ated by a desire to promote the best interests 

 of his people. He was, nevertheless, dis- 

 contented with his position, which he said, 

 very truly, offered no basis for the dignity of 

 royalty. He was a man of fine stature, well 

 formed, athletic, and with a regal bearing. 

 He had accumulated large wealth for so small 

 a state, and, as he had no relative living, 

 except an imbecile half-sister, his property 

 will probably revert to the nation. 



SAN SALVADOE (EEpfJBLioA DE SAN SAL- 

 VADOR), an independent state of Central Amer- 

 ica, bounded on the north and northeast by 

 Honduras ; on the east, by Nicaragua ; on the 

 southeast, by Fonseca Bay ; on the south, by 

 the Pacific Ocean; and, on the northwest, by 

 Guatemala. It has an area of 7,500 square 

 miles ; and, of its population, which is esti- 

 mated at 600,000, about one-half are Indians; 

 290,000 mestizos; 1,000 negroes, and the re- 

 mainder whites. 



President of the republic, General San J. 

 Gonzalez (reelected February 1, 1872, for two 

 years); Vice - President, the Licentiate M. 

 Mendez ; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. G. 

 Arbiza; Minister of War and Finance, Gen- 

 eral B. Bustamente ; Minister of Public In- 

 struction, the Vice-President ; Minister of Jus- 

 tice, the Licentiate M. Trigueros; President 

 of the Congress, M. Vasconcelos; President 

 of the Senate, Dr. J. Silva; Bishop, T. M. Vi- 

 neda y Zaldana. 



The standing army consists of 1,000 men, 

 and the militia of 5,000. 



The principle articles of export are indigo, 

 coffee, sugar, and balsam of Peru; the values 



