St. Croix Avis (Christiansted, St. Croix [V.I.]) 1844-Current
January 17, 1865

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Ris> Y K O i 5 s LR SRR 3 3 Ty 5 P e R N IRE ey P y e A R, A i Ry i 3 eye o e ¥?é 4 P 1 MET v o oy iy ok 2 V) Iy 5 2 S ey 3 B Pty NN o SR ey BN AY S T SR R i S L 5 UDGIVER: HANS HATCHETT. TRYRKT I ENKEN HARRIET HAT CHE TT’S BOGTRYKKERI 21de Aarg.] The “AVIS" IS EDITED BY HANS HATCHETT; 1 s AND PUBLISHED 3 EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. for the Proprietress. Terms of Subscription.——Six Dollars per an™ uum, payable quarterly in advance. Single number to non-advertisers—-10 cents. g Parties desirous of withdrawing their subscription to the Avis”’ are required to give three months previous notice. Terms of Advertising, Approved by Government, 25th June, 1855. For an advertisement of Slines, or under,one to three insertions—— Small Type (Brevier) Ito Slines....§l 00 eBl B iine L 0 16 Larger Type (Liong Primer, Small Pica, f Pieh, Columbia:) 1 to Blines 1 00 Oucr &Do e, 1186 00 oo 10 Tabon 1 bf dabeest Tobe L. 12 BEKJENDTFTGJORELSE. e TIL Brug ved Fordelingen as den ved Anordningen as ?9de De- cember 1862 angagende Forandring as uogle Skatter og Afgifter paa St. Croix dens $3, fastsatte Afpift til Statskassen, svarende til 36 cents for hver Ager Land, der anvendes eller er udlagt til Sukkeravl, opfordres herved i Henhold til Anordningens Forskrift enhver Plantage Eier eller hans Fuldmægtig til, inden 14 Dage fra Dato, at indsende til undertegl nede Commission den i Anordningen paabudne skriftlige Erklæring om 1 Netto-Vægten as det Sukker, der er bleven produceret paa de vedkom- mende Eiendomme i 'Fiden fra Iste Januar til 31te December 11864. Et Exemplar as den ved Anordningen paabudne Fortegnelse fra 'Toldkam- rene over Netto-Vægten as Sukker, der er bleven udfort fra hver Plan- tage i samme Tidsrum, findes hen- 1 lagt til Eftersyn i Retshuset i Chri stiansted og i Retshuset i Frederik- sted. t Den Kongelige Skattecommission for St. Croix den I6de Januar 1865. CARL HATTENSEN. J. J. HEIN. i ØJ A. HOYER, auth. i &5 i Publication. OR the use of the Tax-Commis- [F sion in assessing the Tax of 36 1 cents to the State-Treasury on every acre of land, either actually planted with Canes or being prepared for the cultivation of Sugar, the said Tax to be levied pursuant to the ordinance of 29th December 1862 relating to a modification of certain Taxes and imposts in the Island of St. Croix, all owners of Estates, or their attor neys, are hereby, in accordance with the enactment of the ordinance, re quested to forward to the undersigned CHRISTIANSTED, TIRSDAGEN den 17de JANUAR 1865. Commission, within 14 days from date, the declaration in writing presecribed in the Ordinance as to the Nett weight of the sugar produced on the proper ty in question from the Ist January to the 3lst December 1864. A Copy of the statement oi the Nett weight of sugar ex;ore Gom cach estate during the same time furnisied trom the Cusiom licuses, pursuant to the Ordinance, will be found exposed for inspection in the Court house in Christiansted and the Courthouse in Frederiksted. The Royal Tax Commission for St. Croix January 16, 1365. CARL HATTENSLEN. J.d. HEIN. J. A. HOYER, auth. @i\\'xli[{s of dogs are hereby reminded of &J the regulations prescribing penalties for neglecting the renewal of the licenses which expired on the 31-t ultimo. Christiansted’s Police Oftice, 14th Jan unary 1862. J. A Stakemanmn. WKMIE Undersigned, intending to leave N\ the Island, requests all persons hav ine claims against him to present them for payment before the 250 of the pre sent month. Christiansted, January 16, 1864. C." KEHNROTIL AUCTION. DBY request of the parties concerned, 2 will be sold at the Aaction Room No. I Strand Street at 1 o’clock on Sa turday the 28th instant a quantity of (INVY IR ITUD! MAHOGANY FURNITURE, Dry goods,

Provisions, Poneys, Carts, Pheetons, Harness etc., etc. Frederiksted, 17th January 1865. R. J. Robinson, Auctioneer. =1 S we, to some extent, constitute the links connecting the Sugar-Produ cers of this island with some of the chief consignees for St. Croix Sugarsin Copen hagen, we consider it proper to make the following observations in the hope that the genllemen owners and managers of Sugar estates here, to whom they are particularly addressed, will lend to the sabject the consideration it deserves. We consider it recommendable 1) That the sugar hogsheads be made of a good size, at least 40 inch truss, neat, and as light as is compatible with strength and durability. 2) That each hogshead or package be well filled and tightly rammed, before it be carted to the wharf for shipping. f 3) That the contents of each hogshead be precisely of the same quality 1 throughout; samples being taken in Copeunagen from both heads and the f value of a hogshead of sugar being largely depreciated if found to consist of dutferent gnalities. The retailers in Copenhagen demur to receive hogsheads of St. Croix Sugars if they do not at least weigh 1600 Ib. gross, consequently the hogshead of sugar in order to meet the loss in weight, which it sustains on the passage ought to weigh here at least Seventeen hundred Pounds gross; and it a hogshead, after delivery, is found to contain diff-rent qualities of sugar, they claim from the seller an abatement in price equal to from 295 to 50 cts. per hundred pounds. Advices from Copenhagen speak of a growing partiality for foreign sugars in that mar ket, andas the duties there are now equal ized, every care should be taken that our staple be not eventually superceded in retail use. If so the sale of St. Croix sugars in Denmark would be restricted to the refiners who generally purchase at askilling or two less per pound than the retailer. Speculators here on the spot purchas ing sugars for shipment to Copenhagen, will in future be obliged entirely to re ject packages not having the above quali fications, or to insisf on a commensurate reduction in the previously stipulated price. s Christiansted 16th January, 1865. JOHN JACOB LUND, as Attorney to J. J. Hansen of Copenha gen. P. W. SCHOUSBOE, as attorney to Messrs. M. &S. G. Mel chior Copenhagen. T. E. MENDES, as attorney to DMessrs. Sacob Holm Sons Copenhagen. e e e AR 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. —R THE ST. CROIX for 1865 is for sale at thi¥ bgc‘éand at the stores of Mr. Robinson and Mr. Flynn in West End, Price 40 cents. [Ny, 5.

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ADCTION. DU *:—.H! 2FTER Begjering afChristiansteds E Skufteret, vil Loverdagen d. 2lde dennes Middag Kl. 12 slet her paa Auctions Contoiret, vorde afholdt of fentlig Auction over endee! tilhérende forskjellige Boer, nemlig: John Kirwans, Charlotte Ilall og Uhrmager W. B. Carpenters Boer, samt endeel uvisse Fordringer tilhorende C. Bærentsens Opbudsboe. Christiansteds Auections Contoir, den 13de Januar 1865. J. A. Stakemann., AICTHN fii\wifll’ UM T request of Christiansteds Deal ing will be scid at public Aue tion in the Court house on Haturday 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, beionging to the dealing of Mr. C. Barentsen. Christiansteds Vendue Office, the 13th January 1865. J. A, Stakemanmn. ¥rebs Pratorius, AGENTS OF THE NORTHERN FOR FIRE AND LIFE. 11 THE "AVIS.” Bhrisyinusief, BY Lronix

TUESDAY, 17tH JANUARY 1865. il THE European Mails, breught out to St. Thomas pr. Seine, arrived here this morn ing, We are unable to give to-day, from want of space, any of the news; although, from the glimps: we have had of the Lon don Papers, we find that they contain nothing of importance. (E'rom the Barbados Globe, Jan.? 2, 1865.) e—— We publish the subjoined communica tion as we have received it—: It is from the pen of a Lady; who, without making herself prominent in ¢“deeds of charity” allows no opportunity to pass of reliev ing distress, to the ntmost of her ability. We offer no comment on her suggestions —as, we have no space at our command. To the Editor of the “Globe.” Sir,—l have been reading over with the deepest attention, so as not to lose a single argument on the matter, this great stir made by the charitable in order to aid the poor. The Governor I think has said that this poverty now so prevalent originated from “Emigration.” His Ex cellency is mistaken. Ancther very STe GROIX AV] S clever head made out the cause from the effects of ““dense population and not suffi cient employment.” The latter supposi tion is quite right; that is the sole and certain cause of the distress now so painiul to hear of and witness. Why not give employment—not charity the em ployment would be the greatest charity and the only efficient mode of relieving the want and distress existing in Barba dos. Why has not the Governor and all these wise men thought of the thousands of women unemployed from these—the unemployed women—emanates the deep misery now experienced by the poor. All the poor women of Barbados are not cal culated to bear heavy burthens on their heads: such as attending mason work— nor are the frames and arms of half of the poor caleulated to take a hoe and go in the land to dig 3 but thereare thousands amongst them with nimble fingers, wil ling hearts, and good eyes, who could earn a livelithood and help to maintain their families if ouly givens a surtable oe cupation. This evcrinovs number of fe males who ¢an get no remunerative work to do—hanging onjheipiessly o Cihers, husbands and brothers” carniings as a stp port. Having to pass through all this miserable judigence—that at e neth reach eß an epidemic disorder—until at last it foudly calls on public charity to remedy and not all the charitable contributions from any body able to do so, will effuct the good result; in fact bounty in this way will only increase the evil. The agricalturists have dene their best; and almost all the women and children who can be emploved in that line are. Now it all rests with the Merchants wiil they do this ?—will they instead of importing readymade boots and shoes call on the Boot and Shoemakersin the island who desire it, to come forward and enter into contracts for so many dozens of boots and shoes? If the Merchauts will only do this, here is employment for some hun dreds of women in this one line alone of trade, and nothing can or will the Mer chants lose by it, for they can still sell the imported leather, lining calico, black jean, thread, vibbons, laces. Ouly give (he work to be done; neither will they lose by bad illdone work or cut,—for all who have lived in Barbados for 12 months ean say that neater or better workmen are not in the mother country than in this little island; the articles will be well done, and it is downright cruel and unjust not to give the employment that would be so willingly done. Every body knows —who knows anything at all of the boot and shoe binding done in Europe, that it is by women and children. I have cal culated the amount of a pair of satin-jean boo!s—those sold in the stores in Broad strect for 60 cents per pair—hundreds wlo can go no higher 1n price make themselves look respectable in those cheap boots—the materials costs about twenty-two cents say the bootmaker will undertake to make these at Is. per pair, consequently it gives 12 cents pro fit to the Merchant, besides selling the stuff for the making up; now the bind ing costs but 2 cents, and any woman of the least activity could bind twelve pairs a-day without even overworking herself": here would be—supposing 4 or sin a poor family would get this kind of work it would be 5 shillings a-day—here child ren could help and do so inadegree un known in the United Kingdom—all this kind of work is done by no other hands but theirs, women and children—this will carry bread into almost all the poor families in the island, and do more geneljal“good than if another “Peabody” was to arise as benefactor to this island. Will the Merchant do it If the boot and shoe makers of the place refuse this opportu nity of helping their fellow islanders and want to hold out for exorbitant pay—io that case, why cannot the merchants have the maguanimity to ship for mas tertradesmen for the sole purpose of giv ing this useful and certain cccupation of “the binding” to wemen and clildren. “Lips tho’ blooming must be fed”’—and now Is offered a plan for feeding many a pale and hungry lip :—another plan for general work and, consequently general relief—would be to establish “poor hou ses” such as those at home, in every pa rish where all who had no home—or phans without protection, widows, de serted wives,—noune to find a home, but who should—by the work done in the house, contribute say a shilling or 20, even 12 cents a day to the common fund for the maintenance of this asylum—and let the number of Lielpless women, those who really eannot help in any way be iimited to a sow, say G for ecach parish. If this matter will be taken up by the ladies of each parish—the thing is (one —there shouid of course be a Matron, a lady, if possible by birth and educa tion but who from reduced circumstan ces will undertake the office to obtain a home and occupation for herself; this la dy should be made responsible for all work sent to the house ;3 here again the Merchant must stand forward, aud sup ply the work :—Shirts, children’s braide dresses, boys’ shirts, ladies’ braided dress es, Bouhet-makinz, Bounet and hat-trim ming, a thousand things could be done in this way, perhaps more neatly and firmly than that broaeht out from Europe ready done. "Tis realy shameful that employ ment will not be given to the poor wo men; I'know 50 at the very least who would gladly do any amount of needle work for oue shilling a-day and canuot obtain it some are white, some colored, some biack—all good useful persons who would by fur prefer to work than take charity. Another reason why I think it so im perative that women and children should be given remunerative oceupation—(of course it is of the poorest elass I am thioking)—is that this very sort of occu pation would help to eradicate vice. Ma ny a poot girl, white, colored or black, would not be vicious, if she could have ohtained an honest means of support, and hundreds of families of this class would not counive at their danghter’s de struction, and too often live on the profit of it—were it not for this misirable pa verty—brought about by want of employ ment. lam no advocate for public boun ty to maintain public charity, nor do I thinl it possible all the united endea vors of the most charitable contributors could really, truly, and effectually relieve the constant wants of the poor. Nothing short of a miracle—such as our blessed Redeemer wrought in feeding the multi tade with 5 loaves and 2 small fishes daily performed, would really relieve the wants of the multitude we have now in requirement of it; but work to the un employed women will perform this mi racle in a natural and certain way—only let it be tried, and call on the Ladies to help, with their clear heads and kind hearts in organising this system of uni versal relief, and the thing may be con sidered as done. An Advocate for the Good of the Poor. January 2nd, 1865.

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American. L e i From the New York Sun, Dec. 28.) ILAND AND NAVAL ATTACK ON FORT FISHER. [OFFICIAL.] War Department, Washington, Dec. 27 —lO P. M.—Major-General Diz, New York :—The following extracts from Rich mond papers of to-day, have been for warded to the Department by General Grant Wilmington, N. C., Dec. 25—The ene my's fleet, over fifty vessels, including two monitors, several armed vessels, and many heavily armed frigates and sloops of war, made a furious attack on Fort Fisher about one o’clock yesterday, and kept up an average fire of thirty shots per minute until night. Our loss is twenty-three wounded. The attack was renewed at ten o'cleck this morning, and has been very furious and continuous. No report of casualties to-day. Col. Lamb, who is in command of the fort, replied to the enemy’s fire slowly and deliberately. The enemy, under cover of the heavy fire, landed about three brizades two and a half miles above Fort Fisher. 'Fhey were immediately engaged by a smaller force. The enemy held the ground at night. Wilmiagton N. Dec. 26.—The ene my’s infantry attacked Fort Fisher late last night. They were repulsed with considerable loss. There was heavy rain and wind through the night. Prisoners report the Twenty-fourth Corps of the Yankee army present, under Batler. CONTENTS OF A RICHMOND PAPER. From our Wilmington dispatches i) will be seen that the Yankee fleet attack ed Fort Fisher about one o’clock P. M. on Saturday, and bombarded it heavily until night fall, renewing the bombard ment at ten o’clock on Sunday morning, and continuing throughout the day; that under cover of the fire of the fleet the enemy landed an infantry force above Fort Fisher, which attacked this fort on Sunday night and was repulsed. Fort Fisher is situated on un sand spit on the right bank of the Cap» Fear river, at its mouth twenty miles below Wilmington. The enemy, we presume, reached their position above the fort, not by passing up the river, where they would have been obliged to run the gauntlet of the guns Loth of Fisher and of Caswell on the left bank, bui by landing on the beach east of the mouth of Cape Fear River. Tle enemy having effected a lodgment above the fort is a serious matter. It will cost double the force to dislodge him that would have prevented his landing.” Nothing later than the above has been received at this department from Wil mington. Epwin M. StanTox, Secretary of War. A GRreAT SHOCK FELT AT NEWBERN—WAS 1T AN ExpLosioN AT WILMINGTON Newbern, Dec. 24—A great shock, like that of an earthquake, was distinctly felt here last night, about two o’clock, rock ing the earth and rattling the windows in their places, supposed to be an explo gion of great magnitude on the coast be low Beaufort, as the sound came from that direction. Possibly a magazine ex ploded in afort at Wilmington or Charles ton, containing several hundred tons of powder. ST.CROUX AV S The gale, which has prevailed for the last few days, subsided last night. The shipping which has been detained several days at Beaufort, will be able to depart to-day. Judgze Advocate Stackpole has arrived from Fort Monroe, for the purpose of in vestigating important frauds connected with the recruiting of colored troops in this Department. GENERAL SHERMAN. PARTICULARS OF THE OCCUPATION OF SAVANNAH. Fortress Monroe, Dec. 26 —The steamer California, Capt. Godfrey, arrived here at a late hour last evening in fifty-eight hours from Fort Pulaski bringing impor tant dispatehes from Sherman, and glori ous coifirmaiory intelligence of the eap ture of Savanuah on the 21st instant. On the 20th, Sherma nx nearly r-nmpich-f! the Investment of the city, and captured Fort Lee,, and several other minor oulworks in the immediate vieini ty of the principal entrenchments sur rounding the town, aud planting his siege batteries in such elose proximity to the rebel lines as to command effectcally every position held by the forces under command of General Hardee, sent a sum mous, by flag of truce, to the effect that if the place was in nota certain time sur rendered, a bombardment and assauit would at once commence. To this summons the wily rebel Gene ral sent back a reply, that as his commu nications were yet open, and his men fully sapplied with subsistence stores of every kind, he was able to withstand a long siege, and was determined to hold the city to the very last moment, and defend the citizens and property which had been placed under his protection, until his forces were overpowered and compelled to surrender. Every prepara tion had been made by Sherman to as sault the rebel position the next day, but when the moruing of the 21st inst. dawn ed it was ascertained that the enemy had evacuated their entrenchments. Several regiments of infantry were -immediately advanced, who took possession of them, ond shortly afterwards Sherman entered the city at the head of his body guard, and received from the hands of a deputa tion of citizens the surrender of the place. It appears that Geeneral Hardee, on the night of the 20th, seeing the impossibility of holding the city, and fearing that the only means of eseape left open, across the Savannah, was likely to be cut off at any moment, determined to avail him self of the route for his retreat. His troops immediately set to work to par tially destroy the Navy Yard and Govern ment property, and at twilight, under the protection of two iron-clad rams, succeed ed in crossing the Savanuah River, over the causeway, to the north side, intending to push forward to Charleston. Thirty-two thousand bales of cotton were stored in the city, which the rebels in their haste peglected to destroy. The two iron-clad rams were sunk, and all the Government property and stores which they could not carry off with them they burned or threw into the river. Four small steamers, one a gunboat, were captared, which, together with the cotton and a large amount of rebel munitions of war, form a part of the spoils of Sher man’s victorious army. [[t was first indicated in Sherman’s un published dispatches that he could not invest Savannah completely on the north and east. This line was over twenty-five miles long, and if he had covered the bridge and causeway over which Hardee escaped, on the northeast of the city, he would have had to extend his line at least ten or fifteen miles further, the obstrue tions in the Savannah river prevented General Foster from gettingup in time with his gunboats; the causeway over which Hardee escaped runs through a morass towards Charleston. It enabled him to keep his Georgia militia in tact. It is thought that Hardee has gone to Augusta, the only important remaining railroad centre.] LATER. SOERMAN MOVING AGAIN. Washington, Dec. 27.—A late Richmond paper contaius the following information: An official despateh from General Beauregard, dated Dee. 25th, and receiv ed yesterday states that General Hardee reports that a force of the enemy’s infan try, artillery and cavalry, has moved from Savaunah toward Albamaha River General Hardee has made a proper dis position to check the column. Its object is probably to destrey the Savannah, Al bany and Gulf Railroad, its depots, &e. GENERAL THOMAS. ADVANCE OF OUR FORCES Nushville Dec. 27.—The advance of ou army was on Sunday night 21 miles south of Columbia, about haltway beiween that place and the Tennessee river. The roads. on account of the heavy rains, are nearly impassable. Hood is steadily retreating before our advaneing troops. Prisoners, who have straggled behind their com mands, or who have deserted, are being brought in every day. Two hundrec reached here yesterday. It is reported that Hood intends to reach the Teunessee river near the mouth of the Elkriver Military authorities consider the situation very encouraging. Railroad and telegra phic communication is open to Columbia, on the Tennessee and Alabama Railread, and the road will soon be in running order to Chattanooga. The river is at n staud, with 18 feet of water on the shoals. [oFFICIAL War Department, Washington, Dec 27, 10 s.—Major-General Dix Despatches from General Thomas represent him still in pursuit of Hood’s broken and disor ganized force. Headguarters. Pulaski, Tenn., Dec. 26, 1864 —Major-General H. W. Halloek, Chief of Staff :—I have received the fol iowing despatch from General Wilson ‘““Headquarters, Cavalry Corps, beyond Pulaski, Dec. 25.—There seems to be lit tle doubt that the rebels have gone to Bainbridge, eight miles above Florence, fearing a flank movement from Stevenson, Ala. Two corps, Stewart’s and Lee’s, went by this road—the Florence road— to Lexington. Cheatham went towards Lawrenceburg, striking the old Military road, eight miles below Lawrenceburg. The people say the rebels are suffering immensely. Buford’s wound is said to be quite severe. A Mr. Coates says the Co lonel commanding the pontoon transpor tation, told him he was going to Bain bridge, and left here on Thursday morning. “Cheatham’s ammunition transporta tion of 15 or 20 wagons was abandoned here. The mules were put on tc help the pontoons along. General Lee was severely wounded in the foot in the fight at Nashville. His corps is now com manded by Stevenson. The rebels have lost eighteen generals killed, wounded and

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missing, since they started North. They acknowledge 68 pieces of artillery lost. (Signed) JoserH li. WiLsoN, Brevet Major-General.” A despatch of 6 P, M., 25th inst., states that in pressing the enemy Harrison’s brigade came upon the enemy’s infantry, strongly posted in ruil breast-works, and so close did he push up, thatin being compelled to fall back the loss of one gan was iovolved. 'The position was, however, taken, ten minutes afterwards, but the enemy had run the gun off. The rebel force was eight brigades, of five or six hundred men each. General Wood, eommanding the 4th Corps, is in support of General Wilson, and both will continue the pursuit zealously. 1 have heard from Steadman to-day. He disembarked his troops from cars at Linestone Creek, seven miles from Deca- tur, and was marching on that place at 7 A. M. to-day. Geo. H Tuomas, Maj. Gen. Com’g. The- department has not received from Savaunah any report except the tele- grams of General Sherman and General Foster already published. Epwin M. STANTON, Secretary of War. executed at this Office JUB PRINT'NG with neatness and dis patch. For Sale fi superior cast iron force Pump with every thing complete, manufactured by Messrs. Mirrlees Tait of Glasgow. St. Croix, 17th January 1865. ALEX. WOLFF. 71’“,‘ W{“ B N 3 ‘7@) 2R PORT Ji the Receipt of Deposits at the St. Croix SAVINGS BANK, On Saturday, 14th January 1865. et crerm—— Receivers: IN CHRISTIANSTED: Carl Hattensen, Esq., Trustee. IN FREDERIKSTED Counsellor Rahr, Trustee. Amount of former deposits. §225,629 18 7 deposits of 20 cents each. 24 above 20 cts. and under 1. 20 't 5. 2 5 o 10. s 3D 20. 2 e 50. B 89 100. 66 deposits, of which 55 in Christiansted amounting to. ¥eoy 46} 11in Frederiksteddo. 71 53 e e 824 99 Total 226,454 17 Balance of deposits 48,067 18 5 new deposit accounts, viz.: 1 Carpenter. 4 Various. 6 Withdrawals amounting t0..5424 91. Receivers for Saturday, 21st Jan. 1865. IN CHRISTIANSTED T. E. Mendes, Esq, Trustee. F. C. W. Weiss, Esq., Member. In FREDERIKSTED: Geo. Walker, Esq., Trustee. W. MacFarlane, Esq., Member. GEO. BEHAGEN, President. St. Croix, 16th January 1865. sTec GRCLX AV S MUHE UNDERSIGNED hereby makes 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 Dbe supplied with ICE CREAM by eiving a few hours’ notice. o 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 that 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 etc.; 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. BEKJENDTGJORELSE. At Gouvernementet under 6te dennes har meddeelt Politimester paa St. Thomas, Ludvig Theodor Nissen, der for Tiden as Hensyn 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 Foørpligtelse 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. p7UHE Subscriber proposes to open 'a 5\ Day School, if possible, on the first day of Febiuary next. Parents and guardians who may be disposed to encourage the undertaking, will confer a favour by communicating with him as soon as they can conveniently do so, when terms ete. will be determined. C. R. BROWN. Christiansted, January 6th, 1865. NOTIT UAHE Copartnership hitherto existing in this place under the firm of is this day dissolved by mutual consent, Mg. Timoruy NELSON PEARSON retiring therefrom. Mg. Tuoymas PrarsoNy having by mu tual consent assumed the assets and lia bilities of the concern wiil conduct the business for his sole account and under his own name. St. Thomas, 31st December 1864. (Signed) TIMOTHY N. PEARSON. (Signed) TIIOMAS PEARSON. With reference to the above, the un dersigned respectfully requests a settle ment of all overdue accounts with the least possible delay. 'Those having claims will please render them to TIIOS. PEARSON. NOTICE. 7l LL persons indebted to Mrs J. C. AN KOEFOED, deceased, will please settle their accounts which have been due for some time, previous to January he 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. fl LL persons in possession of books AR\ belonging to the Library of the Youna MEeN’s Soctety for the Promotion 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. I'. H. ALMON. Christiansted, 10th January 1865. FOR RENT. VAHE HOUSE No. 1 B. Company Street this town, upper and lower stories, formerly occupied by Mr. E. WoLrr; and the .store under the corner house. Pos session can be had at once. For particalars apply to Mr. P. .Har- CHETT. December 12th 1864. S EN\omx% 9, AGENT FOR ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY FOR FIRE LIFE IN ST. CROIX.. CW. @AAMK&'\M W, SUB-AGENT IN FREDERIKSTED.