St. Croix Avis (Christiansted, St. Croix [V.I.]) 1844-Current
April 14, 1865

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3 ‘4 X o H O D LR 4 AT 5 o N o o 2 B 105 oy B 3 P N St SN 7‘; B B a1 k- Sk T Yo bR 1“.-'\* PO R ha s vt X B g 3 X QI TNRTGNE DN F b SRy o~ CRY R S YA Loy AN it S S 3 e S g A S LR SER Y Ty e A A i) sll PR Oy S, SR 2 ot L sy RS B, I hen o 3 s 2 e B 5 A7 FIS Yo Sb 4 R A -e e i 3 A G e L s bes Ay 3 b 3 L ST Z UDGIVER: WANS HATCHETT. TRYKT I ENKEN HARBRIET HATOHETT'S BOGTRYEKERL 21de Aarg.] The “AVIS” IS EDITED BY HANS HATCHETT; AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. “for the Proprietress. Lutheran Church, Christiansted. e On EASTER SUNDAY, the 16th in stant, there will be divine service held for both Lutheran Congregations, in this Church. On EASTER MONDAY, the 17th in stant, there will be divine service held for both Lutheran Congregations, in this Church. R S o A S SR SN e TABLE OF THE FALL OF RAIN during the week from sth April to 11th April. Christiansted. Frederiksted. King’s lill. Lines. Lines: Lines. Aprii 5, 0 0 “61 0 0 v 1t 7. 0 0 0 4 8, 0 0 0 ¢9O 0 0 10,113 15} 14 w3l B 8 43 53 153 193 193 SEEREEEEeR e REI Ag e AUCTIONER. YANFTER Begjæring as Fogden i Chri- El_lj stiansted, ville efternævnte Eien domme ber i Jurisdietionen, hvori er gjort Udlæg for Skatter skyldige til Stats- og Landkassen for 1863, blive bortsolgt ved offentlig Auction som afholdes lste Auction, Loverdagen den 6te Mai d. A. 2den Auction, Loverdagen den 20de Mai d. A. begge om Middagen Kl. I2 slet paa Auc tions Contoiret. Bdie Auction paa de udlagte Eiendom me, som folger Quæg Plantagen S'F. PETERS, tilhdrende Hr. A. Lang jr., Loverdagen den 3die Juni d. A. Middag Kl. 12 slet. HUUS og LOD Nr. 27 Strandgade, til horende Mad. J. Muller og Såstre, Mandagen den Ste Juni d. A. Fmd. KIl. 11 slet. HUUS og LOD Nr. 26 i Prindsensgade, tilhørende Hansine Bødker, Manda gen den Ste Juni d. A. Eftermiddag Kl. I slet. HUUS og LOD Nr. 19 a. Bjergegade, til horende Pompey Ashton, 'Tirsdagen den 6te Juni d. A. Fmd. Kl. 11 slet. HUUS og LOD Nr. 30 Bjergegade, til hørende Rebecca Henrichs, Tirsdagen den 6te Juni d. A. Middag Kl. 12 slet. HUUS og LOD Nr. 34 Ostergade, tilhv rende Joshua Cruses Born, Tirsdagen den 6te Juni d. A. Eftermiddag Kl. 1 sløk HUUS og LOD Nr. 53 c. Ostergade, til hrende Adriane C. Daly, Tirsdagen dlen 6te Juni d. A. Eftermiddag Kl. 2 slet. HUUS og LOD Nr. 13 Torvegade, tilhs rende Elizabeth Wilhelm, Onsdagen den 7de Juni d. A. Fmd. Kl. 11 slet. HUUS og LOD Nr. 23 B. Kongens Tver gade, tilhårende Mathilde James, CHRISTIANSTED, FREDAGEN den 14de APRIL 1865, Onsdagen den 7de Juni d. A. Middag KIl. 12 slet. HUUS og LOD Nr. 9 Nyegade, tilhorende Amalia Thurland, Onsdagen den 7de Juni d. A. Eftermiddag Kl. 1 slet. Christiansteds Auctions Contoir den I2?te April 1865. J. A. Stakemann. AUCTIONS. T Request of the Sherift in Christian s\ sted, public Vendues will be held on the following properties in this Jurisdic tion for taxes pr. 1863, as follows: Ist Vendue, Saturday G6th May 1865. mug 2h both 12 o’clock at noon atthe Vendue Office, 3rd on the premises, as follows: Stock Lstate ST. PETERS, belonging Mr. A. Lang jr., Saturday 3rd June 1865, 12 o'clock at noon. HOUSE LOT No. 27 Strand Street, belonging to Mrs. J. Muller Sisters, Monday sth June 1865, 11 o’clock a.m. HOUSE LOT No. 26 Princes Street, belonging to Hansine Bodlker, Monday oth June 1865, 1 o’clock p.m. HOUSE LOT No. 19 a. Hill Street, belonging to Pompey Ashton, Tuesday Gth June 18265, 11 o’clock a.m. HOUSE LOY No. 30 Hill Street, be longing to Rebecea Henrieks, Tuesday Gth June 1865, 12 o’clock noon, HOUSE LOT No. 34 East Street, be longing to Joshua Cruses children, Tuecday 6th June 1865, 1 o’clock p.m. HOUSLE LOT No. 53 c. East Street, belonging to Adriane C. Daly, Tuesday 6th June 1865, 2 o’clock p.m. HOUSL LOT No. 13 Market Street; beionging to Elizabeth Wilhelm, Wed nesday 7th June 1865, 11 o’clock a.m. HOUSE LOT No. 23 B. King’s Cross Street, belonging to Mathilde James, Wednesday 7th June 1865, 12 o’clock neon. HOUSE LOT No. 9 New Street, be longing to Amalia Thurland, Wednes day 7th June 1865, 1 o'clock p.m. Christiansted’s Vendue Office, the 12th April 1865. J. A. Stakemann. NOTICE. /Zl General Annual Mceting of Share (~l holders in this Company, will be held at the room adjoining the Sav ings Bank on Wednesday the 19th inst. The chair will be taken at 12 o’clock. In conformity with the fifth article of the laws, copies of the Report and Statements are at the disposal of any Shareholder, on application to the undersigned. Office of the Marine Repairing Slip Company, St. Thomas sth April 1865. A. WOLFTF, Chairman. o Advertisement. SPHE undersigned begs to invite U public attention to a little pam phlet, of which he 1s the author, printed in Denmark and lately sent out here, entitled: *Four songs in the English language, composed by John Nicolas Mosscen, Danish stu dent.” Subscription-lists may be seen in Christiansted (in the Crown Hotel), and in Frederiksted in the Apotheeary’s hall. The price of a copy is for subscribers 20 cents for non-subscribers it will be 25 cents. Nubscription will be left open for a week yet. Frederiksted, the 11th of April, 1860. JOHN N. MOSSEEN. MARENTS and Guardians are _|') hereby informed that, children, qualified for admission, will be re ceived mto Christiansted’s Burgher School, 1f presented on Tuesday 13th mst. between the hours of 10 to 1?2 At duly furnished with certificares of Baptism and Vaccination. Christiansted’s Burgher School, 7th April 1865. JOIIN G. STRIDIRON. o €4 THE "“"AVIS.” Blhristisnsied, BN Brois —p—— FRIDAY, 14ra APRIL 1865.

We take this opportunity to remind those who have not been remiss in estab lishing their right to the franchise that the election of Council Members rill take place on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. We earnestly hope that eve ry elector wlll take an enlightened view of his privilege as an elector and avail himself of the political right of recording his vote for those who, in his opinion, can best represent the interests of our Community. Let us remember that we are at the commencement of a new poli tical life, and that no matter that some may differ from othersin the view they take of the political necessities of our times, yet a manly expression of each one’s opinion with a view either to con vince others or to be convinced himself lies at the foundation of the political vi tality of every country. Let no one re fuse to vote because there may be some things in our new political system that displeases him; let him remember that written Constitutions are one thing, and the method in which they are carried cut, another. That Governmeut is best that is best administered. And the realiza tion of this fact is now, in a great degree, in ;he power of the people of these Isl ands. [Nr. 30.

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From the Spectator March 4.) SALUT PUBLIQUE IN THE SOUTH. The Coufederate Secretary of State, Mr. Benjaimiu, has applied the true tonch stone to the Confederacy, and we shall now soon see whether the South have indeed, as Mr. Gladstone so rashly de clared three years ago, established their right to be esteemed a nation or not. The touchstoune which Mr. Benjamin applies is the appeal enbehalt of the Government for all the properiy of private persons which can be of any use to the State in carry ing on the war,—cotton, food, slaves, eve rything. All, he says, are wanted with out a free grant of all, the struggle can not long be coutinued, butif the Souih will identify itself absolutely with this war, and bring everything into the com mon stock, then a new epoch will begin, —a lite-and-death struggle will for the first time commence. No doubt thisis the true test of the claim to the national title. Whatever were the crimes of re volutionary I'rance, aud they were great, France stood this extreme test. Vilicu her resources in money were absolutely exhausted, when formidable armics threatened her territory, when teivor reigned in Paris, the people still support ed passionately the only Government they had, inexacting propcorty, food, men, —all and everything that was necessary to wage a war loulrance against thcir foes. 'The internal divisions were ficree, but they were silenced as ag: inst the foe. The truth is that France mav in some sense be said to be of all nations in the world the most of a nation,—not the most narrow, not the most wedded to traditional prejudices, not the most inea pable of accepting ideas from outsde, but the most completely filled with the certainty that to Frenchmen the only lite is to live among Irenchimen, !h::!'{z'wy mutually strengthen and invicorate cach other, that the Individual is far ereater in the nation than he can ever be out of it. And this sentiment, really the tonch stone of national life, oblitcrated ab:o lutely the sense of horror towards the deeds of the maniacs who ruled at Paris, by inspiring still deeper horror st a ca tastrophe which might rend asunder France and subject the national genius to a curb from without. Indeed the more violent was the energy displayed by the Terrorists in detending France the more support they received from the na tion. The same touchstone Mr. Davis and Mr. Benjamin now desire to apply to the Confederacy. 'They do not for a mo ment deny, they fearlessly assert, if they do not even exaggerate, the gravity of the crisis. They are leaders equal to the occasion, if only they have followers wili ing to follow. Nothing can be franker than Mr. Benjanun’s statement of the case, and in Kichmound at lcast he cer tainly carried the mob with him. now ask, has any man the right 10 hold a bale of cotton from Lis country No. I say the same thing with regard to to bacco. Take all the cotton and tolacco, and make it the basis of means without which we cannot go on. I want more. I want all the bacon, everything that can feed the soldiers, and I want it as a free gift to the country. Talk of rights! what rights do the arrogant invaders leave you? I want another thing, War is a game that cannot be played without men. Where are-the men? lam going to open my whole heart to you. Look to the trenches below Richmond. Is it o ST« CRODE AV] S o not a shame that you who have sacerificed all in our defence should not be reinfore ed by all the means in oar power? Is it any time now for antiquated patriotism to argue a refusal to send them aid, be it Wwhite or black? Leb ussay to every negro who wishes to go into the ranks on condition of being made free, ‘Go and fight—you are free.” If we press them t];u:f will go against us. We know that every one who could fight for his freedom has had no chance. The on- Iy side that has had the advantage of this element is the Yankee—a people that can beat us to the end of the year in muking bargains. Let us imitate in this ;T would imitate them in nothing else. My own negroes have been to me and said, Alas ter, set us free and we will ficht for you; we had rather fizht for you than for the Yankees)’ iat suppose it should not be sO, there 1s no Larm i t:ving. With all my early attachments and prejudices 1 would give up all. It can ofy Ue done by the Slales separately” Now we should be the first to assert that any peopie which could acecept this test would de serve to win, and would almost be sure to win, ils independence. DBuf the last stnfence we have (uoi il b trays the weak place io this revolatior ary nmove ment, The leaders do vot dare even to claim for thiemselves the power to dic tate ecither to the ?'(,'m'i"»‘x': or to the State Governments. Strong as is their lan gusge, they are nol strong in their confi dence either in the State or in the peo ple. In fact Mr. Berjoniin’s specch is a mere feeler. le would ask for the Go vernment such absolute power as the Committee of Public Fafety had in Franes, i’ Le thought the temper of the people were so Lieh that he could trust them And to tiis end these meetinas Lave been held in Richmond, and others agiin in Lynchbure, and a few other places in Virginia, but with rapidly di minlsiine eni nusiasm. But the attenipt is a failure. 'There ean be no manner of doubt that My i”:':?:x‘?(,v;‘:(' is \\'i'(;!!'_f. :léli! that I;.'l' ('=.'llE’;“~ derates are aof a nation, but a league, bmm'l- to:':'m":'.m' by a common purpose— to maintain slave ry. It would bea tong task to put together the numberless fittle indications that BJr. Benjumin’s bold move must ‘.Liill,-—n:ly, i( i\'“s S‘c“‘_('_()”_ demuned iun the very fact, that he dared only recommend to the Southern prople to :u?npt these strone mensure s, and ex pressly disavowed all notion of claimine them. This 1s not revolutionary enerey nor counfidence 1u popular supfmr!, but ounly an appeal to the people to display revolutionary energy. Now, what are the signs of the times? What were the davgers which save driven Mr. Davis and his Government to this Jast resort 2 lln the first place, the absence of soldiers from Geuveral Lee’s army in pumbers so greal that Mr. Davis, in his Richmond speech on the 6:h Fobruary, stated that if they would but veturn to the vanks—he did not even dare to cull these “übsen tees” deserters—Grant wonld be taught such a lesson as lie had never received, even in his eventful route from the Ra pidan to the James.”” That is the first sign of revolutionary enercyin the South. Aguin, on the very day on which M. Davis made his specch—G6th Febroary— onily three days before Mr. Berjamin’s revolutionary appeal,—what was the atii tude of the Confederate Senate—the bo dy which best represents the States in feeling Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, had proposed a Bill for buying, arming, and if proved faithful emancipating slaves to the number of 200,090 “by voluntary en listment, with the consent of their own ers, or by conscriptior, as may be found necessary.”” The Senate divided, and ibhree only voted for the reselution and thirteen against it,—the'thirteen consist ing of course of all the zealous partizans of slavery and believers in colour as the ““only patent of nobility.”” They held that to abandon slavery for the sake of renewing the war was foolish. Perhaps tuey might object less to abandon it for the sake of peace. This is the second sign of revolutionary enerey in the South. “The next is that not only in Gesigia—a paciiic Slate from the beginning—was there no effective resistance to Sherman’s march, but in South Carolina, the head quarters of the rebellion, and the most diflicult State in. the Union to march through, a Ntate full of swamp and jun gle, where if the raised roads were once broiien up before it the advance of an ar my would be of the most slow and pain ful matare,—Shorman’s advance is one al most uncontested nrooress. IHe is alrea dv master of Columbin and of Charleston, —vyet the planters instead of shedding the “last dr p of their blood” to oppose him, are, according to all the best re ports of their state of mind, submissive and anxious for peare. ILieutenant Cush inr, who ascended Little 'River in South Carolina in quest of cotton and stores, reports on 7th February :—¢The South Carolina planters and all the men I met professed to be willing to eome back un der their old Government, and most of them scemed to be foyal men only await ing emancipation from military rule.” We do not attach much real weight to little bits of evidenee like this, but it proves the absence of aaything like the fire-eating spirit of 1861. An:d as to the South Carolinian neeroes and the ehance of enlisting them engerly in the canse,— consider only the 150 mile ride of Gene ral Sherman’s eourier from Branchville to Admiral Porter’s fleet at Smithville in North Carolina, near Fort Fisher. Withe out the active help of the popu'ation no such ride would have been possible. But, as a contemporary cbserves, the messen ger would have to go through distriets in which the negro population was two to oue, or on an equality, even before the war, and this will amply account for the undertaking. Then lastiy, look at the North Caroli nian papers, the South Carolinian pa pers or even the Charieston papers. Is there any sign there of revolutionary en ergy, and of a disposition to trust Mr. Davis and Mr. Benjamin with the powers of a committee of public safety? The Raleigh papers have also been pacific, but have now become even contemptu ous tewards the Confederate Government. The Charleston Mercery, now migrated elsewhere, would trust 1t with no power, —would take away from it what power it has. And the individual testimony to hopelessness and divided plans in the South is to the same effect. DMr. Foote, the great antagonist of Mr. Davis, who has just left Richmord, but refuses to take the oath of allegiance to the Union, says hope of success is practically aban doned &t Richmond, and they are only fighting for the chance of making good terms. That is no doubt the exaggera tion of an injured man. DBut on all sides it is admitted that Mr. Benjamin’s con fessions of weakuness are true to the let ter, and that his appeal for revolutionary energy wili be a failure. In fact a League for evil, even though the love of that evil exerts the fascination of a caste passion,

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will never make a nation. Ths tie of selfish interest may be strong, but self love will vanquish it. The people wiil uot sacrifice itseif for the nation uuless the people knows that the national life is sacred. And this is not true of the South. INSOLVENCY. Why is a man obliged to pay his debts? It is to be hoped that the morali ty of few persous is lax enough to reply —Because the law compels him. Bat why, then, is he oblized to pay them? Becaase the Moral Lav requiresit. 3hat this is the primary grounl of the ohlira tion is evident; otherwise the payment of any debt which a vicious or corrapt legislature resoived to caucel, wonld cease to be oblizatory upoan the debtor. The Vireinin statate, witch we nolice in the last Bssay, would have been a saf ficient justification to the planters to de fraud their creditors. A man becomes insolvent and is made a bankrupt: he pays his creditors ten shillings instead of twenty, and obtains his certificate. The law, therefore, dischar ges him from the obligation to pay more. The bankrupt receives a large legaey, or he engages in business and aequres pro perty. Being thea able to pay th: re mainder ot his debts, does the legal dis charge exempt him from the obligation to pay them? No: and for this reason, that the lezal discharge is not a moral discharge that as the daty to pay at all was not founded primarily on the law, the law cannot warraut himin withihold ing a part. It is however said. that the erelitors have relinquished their right to the re mainder by sizaine the eortificate. But why did they adespt half thetr demands instead of the whole? Bacanse they were obliged to do it; they conld get no more. As to granting the certilicate, they do it because to withhold it would be only an act of gratuitous unkinduess. It would be preposterous tosay that ere ditors relinquish their claims voluntarily for no one would give up his claim to twenty shillings on the the receipt of ten, if he could get the other ten by refusing. It might a3 reasonably be said that a man parts with a limb voluntanly, because, having incurably lacerated i, he submits to an ampuatation. Itls to be remember ed, too, that the necessary relinquish ment of half the demand is occastoned by the debtor himself: and it secems very mani est that when a man, by his own act, deprives another of his property, he cannot allege the consequences of that as a justification of withholding it after restoration is in his power. The mode in which an insolvent man obtains a discharge, does not appear to affect his sabsequent duties. Composi tions, and bankrupteies, and discharges by an insolvent act are in this respect alike. The acceptancs of a part instead of the whole is rot volantary in either case and neither case exempts the debtor from the obligation to pay in fall if he can. It it should be urged that when a person Intrusts property to another, he knowing ly undertakes the risk of other’s insol vency, and that, if the contingent loss happens, he has no claims to justice on the other, the answer is this: that what ever may be thought of these claims, they are not the grounds upon which the debtor 1s obliged to pay. L'ue debtor alwaysen gages to pay, and the engagement is en forced by morality; the engagement there fore is binding, whatever risk another STe ÜBUYUIL&E &y vl Be man may incur by relving upon it. The causes which have occasiouned a person’s insolvency,- although they greatly aifect his ehavacter, do not alleet his oblizations: the duty to repay when hie has the power, is the sam» whether the insolvency were oceasioned by his faalt or his misfortune. Ly ail cases, the reasoning thas applies to the debt, applies also to the interest that aczruas pon it althoneh, with re- Speet to tas ace*ptance of both. and ess pecially of interest, a ereditor should ex ercise a gonsiderate diseretion.—3 man who has failed of pavine his debts onzht always to live \‘.".fg\,.1,!'11.[‘.!.1.1."", and care fully to ecanomize sach money as he onns. e should refloet that he 13 a trustee tor his ereditors, and that all the neediess money which be expendsis nos his, but theirs. if'_l amaunt of property which the tradinr bart ol a4 eominecoial nation loses by :.lé-)?."‘-.“;‘\,'_}', 1s sreil énvach to o constitute a eonsiderable national evil. Thefraul, too, thatis P stislauderecover of Insolvency,is doubtless the most ex- tensive ot all Sopties of D ivate robbery. The proflizacy of som2 of these eases i 3 well knowan to be extreme. He who isa bankrapt to-das, riotsin the luxuries of afll ience to-morrow bows to the credi- tors whose money he is speading, and exults in the success and the impuanity of his wickedness. Os such conduct, we should not speak or think but with de- testition. We should no more sit at the table, or take the hand, of such a man, than if we kuew he had got his infl-‘?—*"}f—“’ last nizht on the hizh way. There is a wickediess in some bankrupteiestowirelr— the gaiit of ordinary robbers :zi);):'.;‘u";\n:s z but at a distance. Happy, it such wick- cidaoss conld nat be neactized with leeal inpunily ilaopy, it Puablic Opinion .«';;A‘» Wied the delicieney of the law, and heid the i ity in rizhetal abhorrence !t Perhans nothine would tend so eflica- J ciousty to dimiunish the general evils of insolvency, as a sound state of public opinion respecting the obligation to pay f our debts. The insolvent who, with the means of paying, retains the money in his own poeket, Is, anl he should be re- carded as being, a dishonest man. If Public Opinion held such conduct to he of the same character as theit, probably a more poweriul motive to avoud insol- l vency wouid be established than any which now exists. Who would notanxi- ously (and therefore, 1o almost all cases, saccessfully) strugaie against insolveney, when he knew that it would be followed, if not by permanent poverty, by perma- nent disgrace? 1f it should be said that to act upon such a system would over- i whelm an insolvent’s energies, keep him in perpetual inactivity, and deprive his family of" the benefit of his exertions—l answer, that the evil, supposing it to im- pend would be muach less extensive than miy be imagined. The calamity being foreseen, would prevent men from be- i coming insolvent; and it is certain that the majority might have avoided insol vency by sufficient eare. Besides, if a man's principle are such that he would t rather sink into inactivity than exert him- l seli in order to be just, it is not necessary to mould public opinion to his character. The qnestion toois, not whether some men would not prefer indolene he calls of justice, but whether the public should judge accurately respecting what those calls are. The state, and especially a family, might lose occasionally by this reform of opinion—and so they do by e e e e e ei e b e *Seo the 3d Essay. t Id. sending a man to New South Wales; bat I who would think this a g¢ood reason for settiag eriminals at large 7 And after all, much more would be gained by prevent ing insolvency, than lost by the ill-con sequences upon the few who failed to pay their debts. It 1s cause of satisfaction that, respeet ing this reetified state of opinion, and respecting integrity of private virtue, some examples are offered. There is one community of Christians which holds its membhers oblized to pay their debts whenever they possess the ability, with out regard to the legal discharge* By this means, there is thrown over the character of every bankrupt who possess e property, a shade which nothing but payvment can dispel. The effect (in con janction we may hope with private in to ;:'Etj,' ol prinuii.\i(,‘\, 13 “,:fllLl———’_}'.)Oi], hoth in instituting a new motive to avoid in soiverey, aud in inducing some of those who do become insolvent subscquently to pay all their debts. Os this latter elfeet many. honourable instances might be given: two of which have fallen under my observation, I would briefly mention.—A man had be come insolvent, 1 believe ‘in early life s ereditors divided his property amongst them, and gave him a legal discharge. He appears to have formed the resolu tion to pay the remainder, if his own cx ertions should enable him to do it. e procured employment, by which however he never gained more than twenty shil —lingsa-weel and worked industriously and lived frugally for eirhteen years. At —the—expiration of this time, he found he had accumulated enough to pay the re mainder, and he sent the money to his creditors. Such a man, I think, might hope to derive, during the remainder of Lits life, creater satisfaction from the con sciousness eof integrity, than he would have derived from expending the money on himself. It should be told that many _ol’ his creditors, when they heard the cir cumstances, declined to receive themoney, or voluntarily prescnted it to him agcain. One of tiese was my neighbour; he had been little accustomed to exemplary vir tue, and the proffered money astonished him; he talked in loud commendation of wiat to him was unheard-of integrity signed a receipt for the amount, and seut it back as a present to the debtor. The other instance may farnish hints of a use ful kind. It was the case of a femalo who had endeavoured to support herself by the profits of a shop. She however became Insolvent, paid some dividend, and received a discharge. She again en tered into basiness, and in the course of years hal accumulated enough to pay the remainder of her debts. Bat the in firmities of age were now coming on, and the annual income from her savings was Just suflicient for the waunts of declining yvears. Being thus at present unable to discharge her obligation without subject Where any have injured others in their pro perty; the greatest frugality should be observed by themselves and their families; and although they may have a legal discharge from their eredi tors, both equity and our Christian profession de mand, that none, when they have it in their power, should rest satisfied until a just restitation be made to those who have suifered by them.” And it is the judgment of this meeting, that monthly and other meetings ought not to receive —c—om(fiests for the use of the poor, or any other serviees of the Society, of persons who have fallen short in the payment of their just debts, though legally discharged by their credi tors for until such persons have paid the defici ency, their possessions cannot in equity be con sidered as their own.”’ Official Documents of the Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends.

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ing herself to the necessity of obtaining relief from others; she executed a will, directing that at her death the creditors should be paid the remainder of their de mands and when she died they were paid accordingly.—Dynond’s Essays on the Principles of Morality. AS S A 51 TS 150 AUCTION. UCTIONS-Directeuren bekjendt Æ gjor herved, at ifølge Requisi tion as St. Thomæ Skifteret behand lende Overkrigscommissair W. Han sens Fallitboe vil blive opraabt til absolut Salg ved 4de offentlig Auc tion som afholdes paa Aastedet Ons dagen den 26de dennes KIL. 12 Mid dag den Boet tilhrende EIENDOM Nr. 52 8., 53 54 Prindsensgade (Militairhospital). Conditionerne, Vurderingsforret ning og Panteattest ville blive frem lagte ved Auctionen, hvortil Lyst havende indbydes. St. Thomæ Auctions Contoir, den lode April 1865. Rosenstand, Auctionsdirecteur. AUCTION. HE Vendue Director hereby T makes known, that at the re rquest of St. Thomas Dealing Court in administration of the bankrupt es tate of Mr. W. Hansen, Commissary of War, is offered for sale by 4th Auc tion at the premises on Wednesday the 26th inst. at 12 o’clock noon THE PROPERTY No. 52 b., 53 54 Prindsensgade, belonging to said estate. (Military hospital.) The terms of sale, appraisement and extract of register of Mortgages to be seen at the Vendue, to which purchasers are invited. St. Thomas Vendue Oflice, the ioth April 1865. Rosenstand, Vendue Director. As prescribed. OTICE is hereby given that, the [N] Bay-road leading to the Prison from the Western suburb of the Town, and the Avenues through Richmond are private. Richmond 7th of April 1865. JOHN G. STRIDIRON. HE Undersigned intends leaving T_r the Island for the benefit of his health, and would earnestly request those indebted to him to come for ward with settlement of their ac counts so as to enable him to leave as early as possible.. West End 10th of April 1865. JOHANNES B. DUNLOP. executed at this Office lUB PRINT'NG with neatness and des patch. STe GROLX AV S Route of Steamer Clara Ro the from St. Thomas to St. Croix and Vice Versa April 1865, 12. Wednesday leaves St. Thomas at I'p.m. 13. Thursday remains in St. Croix. 14. Good Friday do. do. 15. Saturday leaves St. Croix at 7. a.m. leaves Bt. Thomasatl.3o p.m. 16. Sunday leaves St. Croix at 5.20 p.m. 17. Monday do. St. Thomas 4 hours after the arrival of the Luropean Mail. 18. Tuesday leaves St. Croix at 7 a. m. 19. Wednesday remains in St. Thomas. 20. Thursday leaves St. Thomas at 7 a.m. i 2 Bt.Croix at 5.20 p.m. 21. Friday remains in St. Thomas. 22. Saturday leaves St. Thomasat 1 p.m, PASSAGE RATES Pt 0.. 80 SOEORE U 8 Y for particulars apply to H. C. JACOBSEN. HE electors of this island are hereby most respectfully remind ed of my having, already on a former occasion, declined appointment to the Colonial Council. My right to do so is based on long services in previous councils. St. Croix Bth April 1865. W. 11. HEYLIGER. rHI meeting proposed in the Avis of 3lst ultimo to be held in the danish School house on Saturday the 15th inst. will not take place. Christiansted 10th April 1865. W. H. HEYLIGER. J. QUEALLE. NOTICE. [IRS. IIARBOE’S Lottery will be drawn on Saturday the 15th instant, at 1 o’clock p. m., at her Residence. FOR RENT, HI dwelling and store No. 41 Kings Street in this town.—lm mediate possession can be had——for particulars apply to the present ten ant. ALEXANDER WOLFF. Christiansted 30th March 1865. METEOROLOGIOAL REMARRS. ____.__g@g—__.__ ST. CROIX, ELIZA’S RETREAT, 12th April 1865. Rain during March, 7 80 lines 0.78 inch. Since the Ist of January including the above 3.575 Inches. Barometer, highest, March 13, at 9.45 a.m. 29.830 ins. reduced to level of Sea, 30.285 ins. W, lowest, 24 01d..pW1~—~..580d0... 80:...0i-....4.. 96088 Thermometer, highest, 27, at 4... p.m. 219, R, 79°.25 F. Do., lowest, 12, at 6... am. 16°, R. 68°... F. Hygrome;er, nearly steady—from 1 to 6 Divisions to right of Zero. Degree of Humidity, greatest, March 12 at 6 a. m, .8569 Do, W ot 16817, 9008 Saturation, 1.0000. AND. LANG. W) i W 3) W) B a Os the Receipt of Deposits at the St. Croix SAVINGS BANK, On Saturday, Bth April 1865. e e e Receivers: IN CHRISTIANSTED Captain Holstein, Trustee. IN FREDERIKSTED H. N. Mullgrav, Esq., Trustee. Amount of former deposits.. $231,933 949 6 deposits of 20 cents each. 17 above 20 cts. and under 1. P% 81 5. 3 5 10. 3 v 35 20. 5 w 0 50. 59 deposits, of which 61 in Christiansted amounting i 00} Bin Frederiksteddo. 26 82 o 193 32 Totdl 282,127 81 Balance of deposits 48,774 60 3 new deposit accounts, viz.: 1 Laborer. 1 Various. 1 Minor. 23 Withdrawals amounting t 0.51,272 61. Receivers for Saturday, 15th April 1865. IN CHRISTIANSTED: E. Monefeldt, Esq., Trustee. J. C. Frorup, Esq., Member. IN FREDERIKSTED Geo. Walker, Esq., Trustee. Judge C. Sarauw, Member. GEO. BEHAGEN President, St. Croix, 10th April 1865. has on sale and now receiving, the following articles FINE FAMILY S. F. FLOURinI bbls. E RY FLOUR in bbls. LARD in Tins. GOSHEN BUTTER in kegs. do. CHEESE. extra quality HAMS. MESS PORK in bbls. superior quality GREEN TEA. CONDENSED MlLK—in 1 Ib. pans. PETROLEUM OIL in bbls. or by the 7 gallon. TALLOW CANDLES, ENGLISH SOAP in boxes.} TOBACCO in Bales. SOLE LEATHER. CODFISH in boxes. MACKEREL in bbls. BRANDYWINE CORN MEALin pun cheons bbls.} Adam Mc’Cutchin. Christiansted 3rd April 1865.