St. Croix Avis (Christiansted, St. Croix [V.I.]) 1844-Current
January 13, 1865

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St. Croix Avis. UDGIVER 21de Aarg.] The “AVIS” IS EDITED BY HANS HATCHETT; AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. for the Proprietress. Terms of Subscription.—Six Dollars per an” num, payable quarterly in advance. Single numberto non-advertisers——lo cents. gy~ Parties desirous of withdrawing their subscription to the Avis’’ are required to give threec months previous notice.- Terms of Advertising, Approved by Government, 25th June, 1855. For an advertisement of 8 lines, or under, one to three insertions—- Small Type (Brevier) Ito Blines....sl 00 Ower STI pe. line 16 Larger Type (Long Primer, Small Pica, Pioa, Columbia:) 1 to Blines 1 00 CBES s o B 1D For a line of largest Type 12 For 1 to 3 subsequent insertions, the halt amount of the first charge will be made. All advertisements for insertion must be delivered at this Office on Mondays and Thursdays, not later than 4 o'clock P. M. accompanied with the CASH, as otherwise insertion will be refused. The Postageon lettersto this Office from West End or St. Thomas must be prepaid, or no notice will be taken cf them. A A T e K 5011 Lutheran Church, Christiansted, On Sunday the 15th Instant, there will be divine service held for both Lutheran Congregations in this Church. O TABLE OF THE FALL OF RAIN during the week from 4th Jan. to 10th Jan. Christiansted. Frederiksted. King’s Hill. Lines. Lines: Lines. Jan. 4,0 O 0 0 5 0 1 1} e 5 0% 03 T 0} 0} 180 0 0 .8 8 03 0% 18 13 1} 0 3 33§ 2% e Shipping Intelligence. ENTERED AT CHRISTIANSTED Jan. 10,—Danish ship Flora, Petersen, Copenhagen, Provisions. 11,—Do. do. Gerson, Kummerlehn, Copenhagen, Provisions. BEKJENDTGJORELSE. At Gouvernementet under 6te dennes har meddeelt Politimester paa St. T'homas, Ludvig Theodor Nissen, der for Tiden as Hensyu til sit Helbred har erholdt Permis sion fra nævnte sit Embede, Constitution til under Permissionen at fungere som Procurator ved Overretten og samtlige Underretter ide dansk-vestindiske Be siddelser med Forpligtelse til at ansees boende i Byen Christiansted paa St. Croix, bringes herved til offentlig Kundskab. Gouvernementets Iste Secretariat, St. Croix den 12te Januar 1865. Rosenstand. 6. Homdddt, AGENT FOR ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY FOR FIRE LIFE IN ST. CROIX. i s W. @u\mlam}, SUB-AGENT IN FREDERIKSTED. HANS HATCHETT. TRYKT I ENKEN HARRIET HATCHETT’S BOGTRYKKERI. CHRISTIANSTED, FREDAGEN den 13de JANUAR 1865, HE UNDERSIGNED hereby mak es known that he has established him self at No. 11 Lt. B. Company Street for the purpose of carrying on a GENERAL and hopes to gain patronage. He has re ferences from respectable persons of the Island for attentiveness and reliance. R. A. de Mendes. N. B. Families can be supplied with ICE CREAM by giving a few hours’ notice. The Undersigned beg leave to inform their friends and customers that they have this day re ceived accounts from New York to 21st December stating ¢hat the Bark “Antelope” had been detained on ac count of the weather, the Brandy wine creek having been frozen up. She was to leave not later than Ist instant with 300 Puns. Meal, 500 Barrels supe perior quality flour ete.; she can reasonably be expect ed to arrive here by the middle of next week say 18th or 19th instant. Bassin, January 11th 1865. Rocheßros. &Co. THE Subscriber proposes to open a Day School, if possible, on the first day of February next. Parents and guardians who may be disposed to encourage the undertaking, will confer a favour by communicating with him as soen as they can convaniéntl{ do so, when terms etc. will be determined. C. R. BROWN. Christiansted, January 6th, 1865. VVI G N7 NVV RUCTION. fFFTER Begjering as Christiansteds |5 Skifteret, vil Loverdagen d. 2lde dennes Middag KI. I2 slet her paa Auctions Contoiret, vorde afholdt of fentlig Auction over endeel EFFECTER tilhjrende forskjellige Boer, nemlig: John Kirwans, Charlotte Hall og Uhrmager W. B. Carpenters Boer, samt endeel uvisse Fordringer tilhørende C. Bærentsens Opbudsboe. Christiansteds Auctions Contoir, den 13de Januar 1865. J. A. Stakemann. ol Y 7 I R AUGTON. [l T request of Christiansteds Deal _,.‘X ing will be sold at public Auc tion in the Court house on Saturday the 21st instant 12 o’clock at noon SOME belonging to different dealings, viz: John Kirwans, Charlotte Hall and Watchmaker W. B. Carpenter, and some uncertain outstanding Claims, belonging to the dealing of Mr. C. Bearentsen. Christiansteds Vendue Office, the 13th January 1865. J. A. Stakemann. The Undersigned, constituted by Government to act as law yer in all the courts of the Danish West india Islands, offers his services to the in habitants of these Islands. Office in Christiansted, Kings Street No. 51; open from 12-3. ““Hafensight”"—Christiansted, 12th Jan. 1865. Th. Nissen. THE ST. CROIX Sheet Almanac for 1865 is for sale at this office and at the stores of Mr. Robinson and Mr. Flynn in West End, Price 40 cents. L SR T Ry A i Ry is hereby given to @TK@E all concerned that amounts due to me and not settled by the 4th of January next will be placed in the hands of an Attorney for eollection, as I intend leaving the Island very shortly. CHARLES KEHNROTH. Christiansted, St. Croix Décember 29, 1864. [Nr. 4.

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THE “AVIS.” e e 2 Buristisusiet, By Sruiz

'FRIDAY, 13tn JANUARY 1865. et e Tae following letter of the President of the Savings Bank to the Trustees of that Institution and their reply, have been hand ed to us for insertion. In doing so, we cordially endorse the sentiments of those gentlemen, and express the hope that the day is yet afar off when our community will lose whatever services may yet be in the power of that gentleman to yield us. In a small community as ours, it 1s say ing a good deal when one’s fellow citizens, under the trying circumstances peculiar to such a community, can, on the retirement of one of its members, express themselves so thankfully for past services; and we hope that many will find in the public conduct of the ex-president of the Savings Bank a guide for their own future career. L. St. Croizx, 6th December 1864. To THE TRUSTEES or THE ST. CROIX SAVINGSBANK. GENTLEMEN On account of the bad State of my eyes and other infirmities 1 =z unsble any longer to continue as Picsideut of the Savingsbank. Permit me therefore tore quest the Board to nominate with as little delay as possible a successor to perform those duties I have so long endeavoured conscientiously to fulfil. Hoping that the Institution may con tinue to flourish, I remain, Gentlemen, your obdt. Servt., [Signed.] JAMES FINLAY. A St. Croixz Savings Bank, 27th December 1864. JAS. FINLAY, EsQr. Dear Sir, 1t is with sincere regret that the under signed Trustees for the St. Croix Savings Bank have received your letter of 6th in stant communicating to us your intention of withdrawing from the post of President of the Bank. After having ever since the establish ment of the institution in 1852 enjoyed the advantage of your valuable services during the first eight years as one of the Trustees and since September 1860, as President, during which period you have cheerfully devoted your time and attention to the interests and the conduct of the Bank, you must be deemed in all respects justified in claiming a release from the duties you have so honorably performed, but the undersigned would fail in the performance of their own duty if they omitled in accepting your resignation to express in behalf of themselves and all interested in the St. Croix Savings Bank their grateful acknowledgement for the activity, zeal, and ability with which you have acted during the time of your service. ‘We lament the circumstances stated by you as the immediate cause of your retire ment and beg to express our ardent wishes that the ailment Eom which you at pre gent suffer, may soon be alleviated and that you may be preserved for alengthen ed period in life as well as in the sense of it as a source of satisfaction and enjoy ment. We beg to sign ourselves, dear Sir, your obedient servants. (Signed by the President and Trustees of the Savings Bank.) ST.CROLX AVLIS. From the N. Y. Herald, December 20, 1854.) THE SITUATION. A call for three hundred thousand ad ditional troops, to make up the deficien cies caused by credits on the last previous call, has been ordered by President Lin coln. An order has been issued from the War Department calling for the immediate re turn to duty, at their respective posts, of all military officers and men 1n good health, absent from the armies and not on detach ed service. The order states that every soldier is needed in the field to fiil up the ranks, “and aid the patriotic and gallant troops now smiting the reeling enemy with victorious blows.” Increased dili- gence is enjoined on recruiting officers, and all provost marshals are urged to In- I dustry in arresting and sending forward deserters and all others absent without leave. The exceedingly interesting despatches from the Herald correspondents at Hilton Hend and in the viemnity of Savannah which we lay before our readers this morning furnish some of the details of General Sherman’s ymportant movement across the State of Georgia and arrival before Savannah, as well as oi the co- operative work ot Genveral Foster in South Cavoline, in the neighborhood of the Charleston and Navannah Railrond, and of the naval fleet wnder Admiral Dahlgreen. Wihen General Sherman arrived in front of Savannah, ‘after haviog marched three hundred miles, his troops living mean- while on the very best of provisions, he had with Lima drove of twelve hundred cattle, thongh he started from Atlanta with only two hundred. He also gathered up on the way over seven thousand able bodied negroes, and so many horses, mules i and wagons as’ to émbarrass him. His army, during a considerable portion of 1 the march, extended over a sweep of country sixty miles in breadth, as much as forty miles at times intervening be- j tween the right wing of one column and the left of the other; but communication was at all times kept up between the two. The whole loss in men from the time of leaving Atlanta till the arrival in front ot Savannah, from wounds, sickness, cap- 1 tures, straggling and all other causes was oniy about one thousand. The average daily march was about twelve miles. l When the city of Savanvah was invested by General Sirerman’s army it was unpre pared for a siege, and it was believed that it could not hold out more than a few days. Indeed, General Sherman himself said, one week ago to day, that he con sidered it already gained. Our latest dates from there are of last Wednesday, the 14th inst. Whai has happenad in the interval we shall soon hear. The fine progress being made by Gen. Thomas in his parsuit of Hood’s fleeing rebel army is shown in his despateh to Secretary Stanton. It details the opera tions of Sunday. The rebels were still in full retreat, and moving so rapidly that General Thomas says his captures on that day were very light in comparison to those of the preceding three days, only some two or three hundred prisoners being taken, including Brigadier General Quaries. Up to Sunday evening the re bels had been driven as far south as Spring Hill, thirty miles from Nashville, and the chase was to be continued yester day morning. General Thomas says that he had found the railroad but little in jured that his trains by rail would be up to him in two or three days, and that the telegraph was already in working order to his headquarters. He state: that he has ascertained that in last ¥:i day’s battle the rebel Major General Ed. Johuston’s entire division, with all it: brigade commanders, was captured, an: that the brigade of rebel cavalry con:- manded by General Rucker, who was also taken prisoner, was destroyed. An un official Nashville despatch states that there was not much progress made yes terday in the pursuit of the enemy, owing to the rains. There was some skirmish ing south of Spring Hill with the rebel cavalry, of which Forrest was said to be in command. If this be true, it disposes of the rumor that he was killed near Mur freeshoro. General Thomas transmits to Secreta ry Stanton two orders found in a desert ed camp of General Breckioridge in East Tennessee, urging the greatest provi dence and economy in the use of forage and lead, owing to the scarcity of those articles in the rebel armies. s Our Fortress Monroe correspondence aives the details of the appearance, com position and departure from Hamptou Roads on the 13th ivstant of the magoifi cent fleet carrying the land and naval forces under General Butler and Admiral Porter, designed for important work in a quarter not yet made public. The entire combined fleet comprises one hundred and fifiy vessels, sixty-four of which be long to the navy, and carry nearly six hundred guus. SIS IMPORTANT FROM HONDURAS. MAXIMILIAN'S AGGRESSION ON THE BRivisn CoLoNYy. The Peninsula of Yucatan and the Colony of Honduras, with its Cays and Is lands, Declared Incorporated with the Empire of Mexice. Tue Craius AND RiGHTS oF ENGLAND ANXD MEexico. &ec. &e. &ec. e i P P Our Belize Correspondence. Belize, Honduras, Nov. 9, 1564. IVholesale Annexation of Yucatan and Bri tish Houduras by Maximilian—His Oy der of Incorporation with the Empire Attempt to Ignore England's Treaty Rights, §c. We are this day in receipt of a procla mation of the Emperor Maximilian, of Mexico, published in the official gazette at Merida, Yucatan, to the effect that on and after the Ist of October last, the Pen insula, of Yucatan is to be governed by three prefects, one of which 1s to be de signated as the Arrondissement of Merida, the boundaries of which are fixed as fol lows Commencing at the mouth of the Rio St. Pedro, y St. Pablo, on the Gulf of Mexico, and ruonning up the centre of same to the Usumasinte up the midldle of that stream to the Guatemala district of Peten; from thence along the said line between Peten and Guatemala to the head waters of the Sarstoon river, down the same to the Gulf or Bay of Honduras, and from thence arcund the coast to the place of beginning (embracing all the colo ny of British Honduras, with its cays and islands), and it is further provided that a few Englishmen, who were allowed un der the old Spanish treaties to cut maho gany and logwood on the eastern portion of the peninsula, on a small section of country near the mouth of the river Belize, or Wallis (the capital of this colony shall be permitted to remain as wood cutters

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only, under the sole right for that pur pose given them by Spain. Maximilian thus refuses to recognize Englandls claims to this colouy after oue hundred and fifty years’ possession, and instructs his prefect of Merida to exercise jurisdiction over it as Mexican territory. Whether he will be able to carry out these instructions remains 1o be seen. England’s claim to this colony is based on treaties made with old Spain in 1670, 1763, 1783 .and 1786, in ali of which Spain reserved to herself the sovereignty of them, simply granting permission to cut and export legwesd and mahogany, but not to caltivate the soil. In 1782 and in 1798 Spain fitied out expeditions against the English settlers, the former of which was successful and the latter fail ed, from which utime she has ceased to take further action in the premises. Af ter the independence of Mexico and the Central American States, England, evi dently doubting her right of owuership, entered intoa treaty with Mexico in 1826, in which treaty Mexico recognizes En gland’s claim to Dritish Honduras, and also by treaty with Guatemala, made 1863, Guatemala surrenders all claims she possessed to this colony. The facts are indisputable that England first obtained a foothold here through the pirates who infested the waters of the Bay of Hon duras, who, finding their occupation gone, turned their attention to cutting logwood that England applied for and obtained, permission from Spain to con tinue cutting and exporting logwood and mahogany that by force of arms she prevented Spain from regaining posses sion that she has, by gradual encroach ments, extended her jurisdiction over a much larger section of country than was originally granted; that she is now en deavoring to extend the line into Yuca ten, beyond the Rio Hondo, heretofore claimed as the limit, and I think there can be no doubt that she will continue to hold it, in spite of Maximilian, or any other Power not strong enough to wrest it from her. Belize, Honduras, Nov. 16, 1864. Timid Colenists Alarmed at Maximi lian’s Swoop, §c. Maximilian’s proclamation taking fhis colony into his empire, has caused some alarm 1o the minds of the old women who recollect the old “Pork and Dough boy war” of 1796, when the slaves in this colony (then a small settlement of log wood cutters) whipped the thousands of the Spanish army and fleet which were sent down here to dispossess the then feeble settlement. 'When our old women are told to keep quiet, and to dismiss their fears, they reply, “we know they will be beaten if they come, but they might kill seme of we, and one of we are more worth than all the Spanish brutes.” L INTERESTING FROM ST. DOMINGO. Our HavaNA CORRESPONDENCE. Havana, Dec. 14, 1864 The Spanish mail steamer Cuba, which runs between this and other Spanish is lands in these waters, touching at La guayra, &c., has just arrived with about an idea of news from each of those se veral points. All that we learn from St. Domingo is found in the Porto Rico newspapers, and amounts 1o no more thanthatthe Captain General hadretaried to St. Domingo City from the camp at Monte Christi, where he had left five battalions of infantry, one company of artillery and a small force of cavalry, in $Te CROLX AVI S addition to the battalion of volunteers from Porto Rico, and a few individuals of the veteran reserve. In the provinee of Selbho there had been contiuual skir s aohonot of a very severe na tere, simce e Spaniards etaim hoeve made only about forty prisoners. Tue people of Hignez in that province, are said to have ‘‘behaved with much loy alty.” Salcedo, provisional president, and chief of the insurgents, after being in the hands of some of his colaborers as prisoner, is said to have been at length ot by them. This singular quarrel among the leaders ot the insurrection, which appears to have thus tragically terminated, is worth investigating, in or der to get at the motive which induced the companions of Salcedo to put him to death but in as much as the Spanish papers do not chooze to enlighten us, and since I, at least, ave no means of procuring information from the Domini cans, we can only conjvcturv what that motive may have been. We knotv that an attempt was made at arrangement with the Spaniards by Salcedo, and the failure of that attempt is, beyond any doubt, partly att.." "üble to the disagree ment which alinost immediately occurred among the Dominican chiefs. This indi cates plainly enough that all were not of one mind, and as the quarrel enlarged in proportions it became evident that the peace party were in a minority for Sal cedo was-not only overborne in the con troversy, but actually arrested by his officers. If he has been shot it is not difficult to suppose that he was tried and condemned for a traitorous attempt to submit and it is equally casy to conjec ture, as a consequence to that event, that the great majority of the leaders are de tcrmined to fight tu the death and be exterminated rather than submit. In this case they will achieve their object. It only needs such a determination. Sal cedo may have been actuated by good and humane motive.; he may have seen a great deal of suffering and misery caus ed by the war; he may have thought in dependence not worth its price in blood and starvation; but perhaps he also thought he was the fly on the wheel and that the people had no will and determi nation of their own; and to this idea he has fallen a bloody vietim. The war, therefore, continues; and though there are occasional rumours of a desire to sub mit on the part of certain portions of the population, as, for instance, at present in regard to the towns of San Cristobal, San Juan and Neiba; yet we must refuse to attach credit to them. In this case, then, it will not be unin teresting to glance at the resources of this people, who have for so long a time suceessfully resisted, and still propose de fying for an indefinite period, a power so immensely superior to them. For the facts I have collected on this subject, I think it right to say, I am indebted to the labors and researches of Don Manuel Fernandez de Castro, a gentleman of known acquirements and erudition, who has published many interesting historical papers in the press of this city. During the revolution which separated St. Domingo, so-called from H.ayti—that is, the Spanish from the Frouch part of the island—a decree was issued, dated July 11, 1843, which divided St. Domin go Into six departmnents :—Southern de partment, Western department, Artiboni ti, Northern department, Cabao and Oza ma. These were subdivided into cantons, these again into commons, and these fi nally into sections. Every common was obliged to have three thousand inhabi tants, and this helps us to get at the po pulatirn. In the Western department there were seventeen commons, Artibon ite thirteen, the Northern department seventeen, Cabao eight, and Ozama ten. By some oversight the Southern depart ment is not given, while the population of those mentioned would only amount in the aggregate to about two hundred thousand souls. Subsequently, in 1854, the territory of the Domiunican republic was divided into five provinces, namely :—Conpestula de Azua, Santo Domingo de Guzman, Santa Cruz del Selbo, Concepcion de la Vega and Santiago de los Cebelleres. These were subdivided into commons, and these again into partides. 'This arrangement has not been disturbed by the Spaniards, except that they have added a sixth pro vince, that of Namana, at the expense of La Vega and Selbo. At the time, how ever, of this secoud geographical division of the terntorv, the population had not increased much, and even at this day it is not compu 1 at more than {from two hundred and fifiy to three hundred thou sand souls. I cannot give all the interest ing statements on this subject at one dose, else I should make this letter much too long; but at some future time, whenl have nothing better to communicate, 1 will complete what I have here roughly sketched. Consider, then, this population of three hundred thousand souls carryingon a war with a nation of fifteen millions, and not only carrying it on, but determined to succeed. A patriotic Spaniard, who has served in this war, has endeavoured to do some extra service by asserting that the climate of St. Domingo does not kill off the Spanish troops. ’éo much the worse, then, for Spanish chances of success; for the alternative is that they have been killed off by the insurgents. Now, how many men can thesc insurgents arm? Halt the population, perhaps rather more, as is the case alost everywhere in the world, must be females. Os the remainder, let us say one hundred and fifty thousand—it would be too much to say one half—are males capable of bear ing arms. Putting the number at fifty thousand, then, these fifty thousand men are fighting an enemy outnumbering them in the proportion of one hundred to one, at least; and yet, at the first ery of peace from their ranks, they single out the culprit, even though he be their sworn and trusted leader, and shoot him for a traitor. When, formerly, I made little of their efforts, and predicted their speedy defeat, 1 had not learned that they had so much love of country and li berty, though still considering them infe rior to their enemies in every other point of view. 'The war will go on; but it will be a useless waste of blood and trea sure. Numerical strength might in the end triumph but who can calculate the numbers of Spanish soldiers that wauld perish before this end were attained And then we have the authority of Ge neral Buceta for saying that the “colony” will never remunerate the mother coun try for the immense expense in money and cost in men she is now entailing upon herself. Well, everything must run its appointed course.

H. Krebs Praetorius, AGENTS OF THE NORTHERN FOR FIRE AND LIFE.

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Mortificatiens-Stevning. J. A. Stakemann, Justitsraad, Underdommer og Skriver m.m. Christiansteds Jurisdiction paa Oen St. Croix i America: Gjir vitterligt: Atfor mig har andraget Overrets-Procurator Heil buth hvorledes han som Sagforer for Frederiksteds Skifteret her paa Oen som behandlende Planter F. R. New ton's Fallitbo, og i Medfor dertil er hvervet allernaadigst Bevilling as 3lte December sidstleden, skal finde sig befdiet til i Overeensstemmelse med Forordning 7de Februar 1823 og Rescript 9de December 1825 3, samt ÅAnordning 24de April 1860, at soge mortificeret et bortkommet Gjeldsbeviis nemlig en as afgangne John Brady her as Oen under 30te Marts 1854 til fornævnte F. R. New ton udstedt Obligation paa $1,173. 78 —er Elleve Hundrede Tre og Halv fjerdsindstyve vestindiske Dalere og Otte og Halvfjerdsindstyve Cents-med Renter og første Prioritets Panteret i Eiendommen No. 30 Hjornet as Kongensgade og Kongenstvergade i Byen Christiansted her paa Oen. THI INDSTEVNESN herved til at mode inden denne Jurisdictions or dinaire Bything i Retshuset No. 10 Kongensgade her i Byen Christian sted, eller hvilket andet Sted nævnte Ret til den Tid maatte vorde holdt, den første TIRSDAG 1 JULI Maa ned 1866 Formiddag Klokken 10 slet, den eller dem som maatte have ihæn de eller formene at have nogen Ret eller Adkomst til fornævnte as afdøde John Brady til F. R. Newton ud stedte Obligation as 30te Marts 1854 for $1,173. 78, og der og da med samme at fremkomme og sin eller deres Ret og Adkomst til samme at anmelde og beviisliggjore, da om In gen skulde melde sig, Citanten vil forvente og lade paastan at den for nævnte Obligation ved Rettens Dom kjendes did og magteslis at være, saaledes at dens Paalydende eller den paa samme skyldige Saldo derefter Jovligen kan indfordres hos Debitor efter en Udskrivt as Mortifications- Dommen forsynet med rette Vedkom mendes Qvittering. Forelæg er hævet ved Forordning 3die Juni 1796. Christiansteds Dommercontoir, St. Croix den 6te Januar 1865. J. A. Stakemann. NOTICE. HE Copartnership hitherto existing in this place under the firm of is. this day dissolved by mutual consent, Mg. TimoraY NELSON PEaRsON retiring therefrom. Mg. TroMAs PearsoN having by mu ual econsent assumed the assets and lia bilities of. the concern will conduct the ST. CROLX AV]S busiuess for his sole account and under his own name. St. Thomas, 31st December 1864. (Signed) TIMOTHY N. PEARSON. (Signed) THOMAS PEARSON. With reference to the above, the un dersigned respectfully requests a settle ment of all overdue accounts with the beast possible delay. 'Those having claims will please render them to THOS. PEARSON. NOTICE. LL persons indebted to Mrs J. C, 4\ KOEFOED, deceased, will please settle their accounts which have been due for some time, previous to January the 15th 1865, if not they will be placed in the hands of an Attorney for collec tion. St. Thomas Ice Establishment, Decem ber 30th 1864. WM. C. CARPENTER. LL persons in possession of books A\ belonging to the Library of the Youna MEN’s Sociery for the Prometion of useful Knowledge are hereby request ed to return them within eight days from date, for which purpose the Library will be kept open every day from 3 to 5 o’clock p. m. F. H. ALMON. Christiansted, 10th January 1865. BEKJENDTGJORELSE. [I-DET bringes herved til offentlig Kundskab, at ifølge en Med delelse, som Gouvernementet har modtaget fra den Kongelige Gene ralconsul i Caracas, er den i Secre tariatets Bekjendtgjorelse as 3die No vember d. A. omhandlede Blokade as Orinoco Flodens Mundinger m.m. atter hævet ved et Decret as de fore nede Venezuelanske NStaters Regje ring as I4de dennes. Gouvernementets 2det Secretariat, .St Croix 30te Decbr. 1864 CARL HATTENSEN. NOTICE. T is hereby brought to public no tice that according to information which the Government have receiv ed from the Royal Consul General in Caracas the Government of the United States of Venezuela have by a decree of 14th instant entirely raised the Blockade of the mouths of the Orinoco river etc. etc. specified in the publication from the undersigned office of 3rd November last. Government’s 2nd Secretary’s office St. Croix Decbr. 36th 1864. CARL HATTENSEN. e I i i FOR RENT. "J"HE HOUSE No. 1 B. Company Street this town, upper and lower stories, formerly oeeupied by Mr. E. WoLrr; and the store under the corner house. Pos session can be had at once. For particulars apply to Mr. P. Har- December 12th 1864. Os the Receipt of Deposits at the St. Croix SAVINGS BANK, On Saturday, 7th January 1865. e—— Receivers: INn CHRISTIANSTED: e Capt. Holstein, Trustee. G. B. Meyer, Esq., Member. IN FREDERIKSTED Wm. Peebles, Esq., Trustee. Amount of former deposits.. §224,961 10 5 deposits of 20 cents each. 20 above 20 cts. and under 1. 2 o 9 5. s o o 10. 5 1y g 20. g v B 50. 1.2 D 0 ot 100. 67 deposits, of which 51 in Christiansted amounting T 05} 16 in Frederiksted do. 474 03 eSy 668 08 Total 225,629 18 Balance of deposits 47,667 10 19 new deposit accounts, viz.: 1 Cartman. 2 Military. 1 Clerk. 2 Minors. 2 Joiners. 2 Sempstresses. 2 Laborers. 6 Various. 1 Mason. S Withdrawals amounting t0...567 86. Receivers for Saturday, 14th Jan. 1865. IN CHRISTIANSTED Carl Hattensen, Esq., Trustee. James Moore, Esq., Member. IN FREDERIKSTED Counsellor Rahr, Trustee. F. A. Lund, Esq., Menfber. GEO. BEHAGEN, President, St. Croix, 9th January 1865. @ET bekjendtgjores herved at Ud kast til Repartitionerne 1 af gangne Detailhandler Ebenezer Jones’s Bo og ligeledes afgangne Hans J. Didrichsen’s Bo ville blive fremlagte 1 Skiftesamlinger der ville blive afholdte paa forstnevnte Bo Fredagen den 27de Januar 1865 og paa sidstnevnte Bo Fredagen den 3die Februar naestefter. Frederiksteds Skifteret den 27de December 1864. C. Sarauw. executed at this Offico jflß PRINTING with neatness and dis patch. B Fire Report.—The Sth instant, in the morning a small bundle of Wool or Tow together with a couple of marches, was found stuck between the Shingles on a house on the lot No. 556 Queens Street Frederiksted but no traces of fire either in ..e shingles or the tow. It appears now that no suspicion exists that this has been an attempt of incendia rism, but rather an attempt from some one or other to frighten another party on account of previous strife between them. Should however any further elucida tions be brought to_light it _shall be duly reported. Royal Insurance Office, Christiansted. St. Croix, 12th January 1865. E. MONEFELDT, Agent,