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

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Ql.(roix Avis. UDGIVER: HANS HATOHETT. —TRYET 1 PAEEN HARRIET HATCHETT’S BOGTRYEKERL 21de Aarg.] The “AVIS” i 1S EDITED BY HANS HATCHETT; AND. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. 2 for the Proprietress. e TSN NSESRss) Lutheran Church, Christiansted® On Sunday the 16th instant, there will be divine service held for the English Luatheran Congregation in this Church. b e TABLE OF THE FALL OF RAIN f during the week from &th July to 11th July. Christiansted. Frederiksted. King’s Hill. i Lines. Lines: Lines. July 5 23 03 13 "o 0 0 f oo a 0 0 g 4 2 23 e 0 0 oy 0 0 0 i £5 0 0} 0% 7} 3 5 t R TO3 S eRS LS SO e Shipping Intelligence. it el i ENTERED AT CHRISTIANSTED July 13,—Danish thip Flora, I'. A Petersen, Copenhagen, Provisiovs and Estate Supplics, ENTERED AT FREDERIKSTED July 7,—Dunish barque Gersen, Kummerlehn Copenhagen via St. Tiomas, Estato t Supplies, CLEARED AT FREDERIKSTED i 11,—English brig¢ Evergrecen, Nilson, Phi- ladelplhia. Sogar and Molasses, R R T R N SS N R T RSTAN S B S eo T S s s s Proclama. e R LLE og Enhver som manite liave No- get at fordre paa Boet efier afdøde Maria James alins Penine indkaldes her- ved med 3 Maaneders Varseltil for un- tegnede Skifteret at anmelde og beviis- Jliggjore deres Krav. Iligemaade indkaldes med Aar og Dags Varsel den Aflådes Arvinger til st legiti- mere deres Arverct. St. Thomæ Skifterets Contoir, den Sde Juli 1865. ERosenstand. epeemæmnmne e É e BEKJENDTGJORELSE. TIRSDAGEN den Bde Augnst forstk. Mid- dag KI. 12 vil der paa undertegnede 5 Contoir blive afholdt Session i DHrr. Wolff Arnthal Co's. Fallitbo hvor Repartition vil blive fremlagt og I Boet forventes sluttet. Hvilket herved bekjendtgjøres til alle Vedkommendes Efterretning. St. Thomæ Skifterets Contoir, den Bde Juli 1865. Rosenstand. i BEKJENDTGJORELSE. TORSDAGEN den 10de August førstk. "Middag Kl. 12 vil der paa underteg vede Coutoir blive afholdt Session i Kjovmand G. A. Correa's Stervbo hvor Repuartition vil blive fremlagt og Boet I forveultes sluttet. Hvilket, herved bekjendtgjøres til alle Vedkommendes Efterretning. St-Thomæ Skifterets Contoir, den Bde Juli 1865. i -Roøsenstand. CHRISTIANSTED, FREDAGEN den l4de JULI 18605. BEKJENDTGJORELSE. GIREDAGEN den 11te August førstk. Mid Æ[ dag Kl. 12 vil der paa undertegnece Contoir blive afholdt Session I Kioébmand John LiggetUs Fallitbo hvor Repartition vil blive fremlagt og Boet forventes sluttet. Hvilket herved bekjendtgjøres til alle Vedkommendes Efterretniug. St. Thomæ Skifterets Contoir, den Bde Juli 1865. Eosensinnd, i AUCTION. EFTER B(.*C*jz*rir!g as Execntorerne ef- å ter afgangne Williuam Hardeastle som Pante-og Udlægshaver vil l SUKKERPLANTAGEN ROSE HILL: beliggene i denne Oes Nordside Qvarteer Lit. A, N0.17 A, tugen ved Execution fra Planter F. Lockhart, blive opraabt til Bortsalg ved en 4de Anction som vil blive afholdt pan Auctions Contoiret, LOVERDAGEN den ste Angnust først- kommende, om Middagen Klokken 12 slet. Frederiksteds Auctionszontoir, d. iite R Juli 1865. 3 C. sSarauw. R R GFI e e AUCTION. 5 H T the request of the Executors to the 25\ will of William Hardeastie deceased as mortgage- aund levy- holder the CANE PLANTATION ROSE HILL situated in Northside Quarter, Lit. A- No. 17 in this island, taken by execu- tion from Mr. F. Lockhart, will be put up for a fourth sale to be heid at the Aue- tion Office, SATURDAY August sth, next at 12 o’clock, nooun. Auction Office, Frederiksted, July 11th 1865. l C. Sarauw. GILE OF PURNITURS 0. LA 11 5 !U N Saturday the 22nd instant will \U) be sold at Biilowsminde some Mahogany and other Furniture, a Carriage with Harness, Saddles &ec. &c., all belonging to Mrs. Bahne- berg. 3 Months Credit will be given to approved purchasers. St. Croix, 14th July 1865. JUHE Owuer of a red OX taken up here A 1n Town and brought 1o the Court Yard on the 31st of May last, can have the same by pasing the expences incur red wichin 14 days from date, otherwise it will be put np for sale at Auction. Christiansted’s Police Office, 13th July 1865. J. A. Stakemann. NOTICE. The Steamer ‘““Clara Rothe” having to undergo repairs in St. Tho mas, owing to a collision at sea, will not be able to continue her route until further notice. Christiansted 13th July 1863. JULIUS KNUTHSEN, Agent. FOR RENT P HIE house No 36 Strand Street, 'JJ belonging to Mrs. Keutsch, at present occupied by Mrs. Didrichsen. Possession can be had Ist Auvgust. Apply to J.C. BRANDT. f";‘.. A e Ab be v.v\!. W 4 g./"»ououunnlm~buu. To the Editor of the St. Croix Avis, DEAR Slg, In the Minority Report on His Excellency Toe GOVERNOR'S recent proposition for the Rural Schools, as amended by the Superinten dent, certain plain and definite ohjgctions to that proposition, each of a very serious charac ter, were distinetly staied while certa’s evident and important advantages were also urged as appertaining to the substitute oftered therefor by the Minority. In his comment on this Re port in your issue of the 7thinstant, written ex pressly to expose its defects, the Superinten dent has quietly ignored both the objeciions to the one proposition, and the arguments in sup port of the other—he does not even attempt either to meet the former, or to controvert the latter. 'T'his significant fact can only be con strued, as it undoubtedly has been by your Readers, into a tacit acknowledgment that, in this case at least, he can find nothing to op pose to the reasoning of the Minority, and con sequently, that their strong ohjections to the proposed draft, and their advocacy of their own substitute, are alike unanswerable. But the Superintendent must, of course, say something in reply to the Minority, no matter how irrelevant that something may be, The flag of comparative dictation in the Rural School affairs cannot be struck now, after waving so long, without some show of resistance, 2nd so, in the absence of any thing better, a blank shot is fired, calculated to make much noise, but to do no damage—in other words, an ohjection without the slightest weight is conjured up, and invested with as great an appearance of import ance as possible. That objection is that by adding only one year of compulsory attendance to the present School term, we give no equiva lent for the abolished Saturday School. Now, taking into consideration only the num ber of hours, this is certainly quite true; hut are there no other advantages afforded by this arrangement which more than compensate for this? T think that it is very easy to show that there undoubtedly are. In order correctly to estimate the equivalent of any given thing, it is necessary, first of all, to determine the real value of the thing itself. The first.question then will be—what is the value of the Saturday Schools in the important work of educating the laboring classes 7 We think that there can he no more just and truthful eist’te on this point [Nr, b 6

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than that already quoted from our former Go vernor—*l have frequently found that even those children who attend regularly at the Sa turday Schools retrograde instead of progress ing.” Indeed nothing better than this can be expected from Schools meeting only at intervals of a whole week, for some four hours instruc tion—the children can hardly be expected to remember what little they may have gained af ter a whole weck’s mental idleness; and, at any rate, all wko are acquainted with this mat ter, and who can give a disinterested opinion, will uchesitatingly endorse the late Governor’s observation. The value of the Saturday Schools then, according to this high authority, and the experience of all who have given any impartial attention to their working, is absolute ly nothing they notoriously accomplish noth ing—what the equivalent of this is it certainly is not very difficult to decide. Even therefore if the proposed arrangement offered no advan tage whatever over the present one, there would be no injustice done in this resnect. But does it offer no such advantages? I think it undoubtedly does in the following res pects—lst. It provides five years uninterrupted daily instruction—a point of vital importance to success. 2nd. It reduces the number of child ren under instruction at each session, during the whole term of five years, to about one half the present number—which the Superintendent must admit to be a very great advantage, or abandon his claim to indulgence for the failure of the School, on the oft urged plea of over crowdedness. 3rd. It places the children in each division on about the same level in at tainments, therchy making their classification much more simple, affording much greater facil ities for their combined instruction, and saving much loss of time in the School room. Now I think that I will be borne out by ev ery impartial practical educationist in the as sertion, that these advantages combined give far more than an equivalent for the useless Sa turday Schools; and that if in five years of such continuous instruction our children aro not tuught to read and write, as the Superin tendent seems to fear, the fault will not lie ei ther with the children, or with the arrange ments of zime and space made for them. But besides all this it is not correct to say that our Minority proposal gives only one year longer in the day School. In all cases where it may be considered necessary, it expressly provides for a second year’s additional instruction, should the Parents desire it. To my mind this scems to be far more reasonable, and much nmore just to the people, than an additional year of com ulsory attendance could possibly be, simply €ecause, if a child bas learned to read and write at the end of the first additional year, as with a proper system of instruction the vast majority undoubtedly would, there could be no possible reason or justice in compelling him to attend one year longer, thus unnecessarily wast jng time which might otherwise be profitably employed for himself, his family, and the com munity at large. And notwithstanding all that has been said by the Superintendent as to the wishes of the people themselves in this matter, I am quite certain, on better grounds than any he can possibly have, that, if left to their free choice, this arrangment would meet with their unanimous approval. What is meant by the Parents enjoying so little freedom of action with regard to their children, T am at a loss to di vine and this certainly seems a strange argu ment to advance against a measare which is expressly calculated to give them perfect free dom of action in this respect, and in favor of a Law concerning Pensions for Officials under the Colonial Administration, for their widows and children.

Forfeiture of office involves the loss of the right of claiming pension. 8. Whenever an official is discharged in consequence of faults, which, although not so grievous as to cause the forfei ture of his office, nevertheless impairs the respect and con fidence requisite in his position, his pension shall be fixed by aLaw or niOrdinance. sTec CROLXE AVI S, compulsory system which deprives them entire ly of any such freedom. The Buperintendent’s demands in behalf of the people are not by any means consonant with the demands of the Peo ple themselves; and I speak advisedly when I say, that the only complaint of injustice in this connection ever urged by the laboring cluss is, that they are compelled, under penalties, to send their children to School at which they de rive, in the vast majority of cases, no benefit whatever, ¢ither moral or intellectual. I have been prevented hy absence from the Island, and subsequent illness, from noticing the Superintendent’s communication in reply to the first Minority Report, butl trust that you will not deny me space fer a few remarks on this important subject at an early date. I am, Your Obdt. Servt,, JNO. C. DalOls. Rectory, West End July 10th, 1865. w THE “AVIS.” ks

Vo Bhristiznsief, B BSruniz e FRIDAY, 1418 JULY 1865.

DurinG a sojourn of a few days in St. Thomas we had an opportunity to learn how diss tisfied the community of that Island is with its very ineffective Police. Several robberies have of late been commi‘ted, which, from the manner in which they appear to have been effected, show plainly that the perpetrators are an or ganized set of thieves. Not the slightest trace of these thieves has been obtained bye Po lice, and the complaint is that, as much s 816,116 is paid yearly Ly the commuuity for the Police Establishwent without derivieg any substantial benefit for the outlay. On Sunday evening last a band of German musicians played in the Emancipation Garden, and contributed much to the enjoyment of a large number of ladies and gentlemen who visit ed that garden. The softness and harmony of the music was much admired, and the musicians were much applauded. The military band ex ecuted as usual a few short-winded pieces in the afterncon; but the contrast between the two bands is too great to allow of any compar ison. We do not mean to asecribe this defect to the director; for to obtain good music out of such incongruous elements as his band is com posed of is a sheer impossibility. To take men from the ranks and teach them in the ceurse of a few months to play a few tunes cannot make musicians of them; and then no sooner than these men have acquired some proficiency they are discharged as having served their time. Added to this, the pay given these men, from one dollar to one dollar and a half per month, is just sufficient encouragement to make them careless. 1t is astonishing how, duripg the last sixteen to twenty years, our colonial administrations have apparently ceased to consider it necessary to maintain that respect for national eiviliza tion and love of the arts, which receives so much encouragement in the mother-conntry. French, German, and American bands have each in turn visited the Island of St. Thomas, each one discoursing beautiful and harmonic music, and yet our ow n bands are aliowed to remain as imperfect and musically chaotic as" possible. Should it not be the prido of our Government, in this as well as other 991 The pension or “Vartpenze” shall cease: 1) when theindividual concerned is appointed to another office which would give him the right of ¢laiming pension, or when he is constituted in such an office by the King, or by the Governor. If the party concerned accept such an appointment or constitution in an office to which a smaller salary is at tached than that attached to the office from which he was discharged, so much shall be withheld of the amount of pen sionor “Vartpenge,” as will correspond with the half o})the salary attached to the new office, or even a larger portion in case the salary attached to the former office (gnd such salary shall, in the case of it being an office in the colo pies and the party be appointed or constituted by the cases, to reproduce in these colonies the civili zation and proficiency in the arts of the mother country And yet how little is done in this respect. It seems to us as our shores are only used as the refuge of mediocrity, there to be vaunted as prodigies of excellence, because, forsooth, what are we Islanders supposed to know. The Steamer Clara Rothe after leaving hero on Tuesday afternvon, and when within a few miles of St. Thomas, came in collision with an English Schooner bound to Barbados, which re sulted in the sinking of the Schooner. The crew were picked up, with the exception of one man supposed to be ‘drowned. The Clara Rothe alse sustained some damage. We learn from the Berlingske Tidende that Tlis Majesty the King had been pleased on the 10th ulto: to appoint Mr. G. Monefeldt as Vice Consul at Humacao, Porto Rico. Mr. Mone feldt is a native of this Island. 2E EE AUCTION. VAFTER Begiæring as Christiansteds 3_;1; Nkifteret som behandlende Fru Fan ny Beatiy Phillips Ddisboe, vil en of fentlig Auction vorde afholdt Loverdagen len 22de dennes Middag Kl. 12 slet over Boeis, LOSORE og EFFECTER i Huset No, 39 i Strandguden tilhørende Planter H. C. Ratcliffe. Christiansteds Auctions Contoir, den 10de Juli 1865. J. A. Stakemann. AUCTION. T the Request of (_7l)z'isli_;inst(i(]s Deal- As\ ing Court as administering the Deal ing of the late Mrs. Fanny Beatty Phitlips, a pubiic Vendue will be held Saturday the 22ud instant, 12 o’clock at noon on the FURNITURE and EFFECTS beloneing to the deceased, in the House No. 39 in Strand Street, belonging to H. C. Rateliffe Esq. Christiansted’s Vendue Office, the 10th July 1865. J. A. Stakemann. s No. 36 n— 82 Cente, F 1865. Carl Hattensen. Røsenorn. PROCLAMA. 3 LLE og Enhver som maatte have No Æ& get at fordre paa Planter Alexander Woiffs Fallitboe indkaldes herved med 3 Maaneders Varsel til at anmelde og be vilsliggjore deres Krav for undertegnede Ret som behandlende nævnte Boe. Christiansteds Skifteret den Bde Juli 1865. J. A. Stakemann,

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Just Receivec Just Received from New York E}AMILY Beef, Goshen Butter Cheesze, Noda Biscuit,Pilotbread, Water Crack ers, Smoked Beef, Hams Irish Bacon, Raisins, Dried Apples, Peaches, Straw berrys Milk, Superior Black Green Teas Also Cod Scale Fish, Herrings, Alewives Mackerel. Also just arrived pr. Gerson. Oats, Bran, Oil Meal Pease, Coals, Tar, Pitch, Varnish, Resin OQakum, Paints, Tallow, Lamp Paint Oils, also a few cases Genuine P. 11. Cherry Cordial Mustard, Hams, Butter, S. M. Cheese, Pickle Sausage Tongues. On hand a General Assortment of Provisions, Groce ries, Liquors, Wines, Malt, Liqueurs, Havanah Cigars &c. Every description of l()}entlemcn Clothing &c, &c., for Sale T B. J. Robinsomn. Frederiksted 7th July 1865. THE House No. 5 Company Street in this town, the property of Mr. Al verty. Apply at the Ice Establishment. Christiansted June 29, 1865. BEKJENDTGJORELSE. dkast til Repartition i afdode Vice- Gouvernenr H. H. Bergs Bo vil vere fremlagt den 19de denues [ra Ki. 12--2 Ef termiddag i det ordinaire Sessionslocale, No. 43 Prindsensgade, Kongens Quarteer her i Byen. St. Thomas Ist Juli 1865. H. Krebs. Christian Hoskizer. Executores testamenti. 4de AUCTION. ÆA intet antageligt Bud gjordes paa 3die Auction over Plantagen Mount Welcome vil en 4de Auction over samme Eiendom blive afholdt paa Auctionscontoiret i Christiansteds Retsluus Tirsidag den 18de d. Md. Middag Kl. 12. Christiansteds Auctionscontoir, St. Croix den ste Juli 1865. J. A. Sfakemann. 4th AUCTION. mo acceptable bid having been made at the 3rd Auction of the Estate Mount Welcome a 4th Auction of this property will bLe held at the Auction-Office in the Court house Christiansted on Tuesday the 18th inst., at 12 o’clock noon. Auction-Office, Christiansted, St. Croix sth July 1865. J. A. Stakemann. 4de AUCTION. A intet antageligt Bud gjordes paa M 3die Auction over Baron A. Bret ton's EIENDOM No. 7—12 Fiskergade og No. 13—18 samt:2B;BB, Nygade i Byen Christiansted, ST CROULX AVIL S, vil en 4de Auction over samme Eiendom blive afholdt paa Auctionscontoiret i Christiansteds Retshuus Onsdag den 19de d. M. Middag Kl. 12, Christiansteds Anctionscontoir, $St. Croix den ste Juli 1865. J. A. Stakemann. 4th AUCTION. g O acceptable bid having been made at m the 3rd Auctiorn for of Baron A. Bretton N 0.7—12 Fisker gade and No, 12—18 28--33 Nygade in this town, a 4th Auction of this pro perty will be held at the Auction-Ofiice in the Courthouse Christiansted on Wed nesday the 19th inst., at 12 o’clock noon. Auction-Office, Christiansted, St. Croix sth July 1865. J. A. Stakemanmn. AUCTION. ?Ji FTER Begjering as Christiansteds dli Skifteret som behandlende Planter Ailexander Wolfis Fallitboe, vil vorde børt solgt ved 3de offentlige Auctioner i Med hold Placaten 22de April 1817, PLAN TAGERNE Petronella, Lowry u e hill Prospecthiil, beliggende i Ostende Quarteer Litra A, No. 29, 30, 22 ud 39 og 28 40 flere eller andre Nutmmere, med alt Tilbehør, tilho rende bemeldte Jioe. lste Auction at afholdes Loverdugen den 29de Juli 1865, 2den Auction at as holdes Loverdagen den 12te August 1865, begge pua Auc tions Contoiret, og Bdie Auction at afholdes Loverdagen den 26de August 1865 paa Aastedet, alle om Middagen KI. 12 slet. Det bemærkes at at Jorderre er omtrent 100 Agre i Bomulds Dyrkvøing, hvoraf den største Deel er i Blomster, hulvmeoden og heelmoden Frugt. Conditionerne og Vurderings Forret ning ville foriuden Iste Auction være til Eftersyn pan Anctions Contoiret. Christiausteds Auctions Contoir, den 6te Juli 1865. J. A. Stakemanm. AUTCTION. EY Request of Christiansted’s Dealing xJ Court administering the Bunkrupt Dealing of Mr. Alexander Wolff, 3 public Vendaes will be held in aceordance with Placard of 22ad April 1817 on the ESTATES Petrouella, Lowry- B hill Prospecthill, situated in East End Quarter Letter A, Nos. 29 30, 22 ad 39 29 40 more or other numbers, with appurtenances, belonging to said dealing. Ist Vendue to be held Saturday the 29th July 1865, 20d Vendue to be held Saturday the 12th August 1865, both at the Vendue Office, and the Brd Vendue to be held Saturday the 26th August 1865, on the premises, all at 12 o’clock at noon. It is to be observed that, of the Land, about 100 Acresare in Cotton Cultivation, of which the greater part in flowers, half and whole ripe cotton. The Conditions and Appraisement can be seen at the Vendue Office, previous to the Ist Vendue. Christiansted’s Vendue Office 6th July 1865. J. A. Stakemann. REPORT R EPUYRE Os the Receipt of Deposits at the St. Croix 1 1T SNAVINGS BANK, On Satorday, Bth July 1866, e e e e Heezivers. Irm CHRISTIANSTED Captain Holstein, Trustee. In FREDERIKSTED Geo. Walker, Esq., Trustee. Amount of former deposits. 237,387 07 3 deposits of 20 cents each. 12 above 20 cts. and nnder 1. 20 =l g i o) A (1. 2 50 45 (:(‘})f)\ilri, of which 35 in Christiansted amounting to .&0 sa i iRI S 10in 'rederiksteddo. 50 28 165 43 Total $237,652 60 Dalance of (i(:j)().‘iif‘i 8.4%7,791 12 2 new deposit aceounts, viz. 2 Various. 9 Withdrawals amountine t0..5302 87. Receivers for Saturday, 13th Julv 1265, IN CHRISTIANSTED E. Monefeldt, Bisq, Trustee. Capt. R. G. Higgins, Member. IN FREDERIKSTED L Faber, Ilsq., Trustee. P. W. Schoushoe, Fsq., Member. GLO. BEHAGE Et. Croix, 10th July 688 VAHE House Lot No. 49 Kine's E‘l\ Street, in this town; in good order, pleas: apply to BARNEY B. BEECH. Frederiksted July 8, 1865. Crown Hotel. JJTHE Undersigned begs to notify to his fitends and the pnblic in general, that the “CROWN HOTEL” has been refitted, and is now prepared to receive Boarders, and all others, who may feel inelined to patronise the same. St. Croix, Christiansted 3rd July 1866. JOHN HUTCHISON. C:n(l =0 0\ V. 6\\o:\\(\&\(&.’(9, AGENT FOR ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY FOR FIRE LIFE IN ST. CROIX. Qi 3.0 @AA)\\A‘E\M\‘\)) SUB-AGENT IN FREDERIKSTED. H. Krebs Pratorius, AGENTS OF THE NORTHERN ASSURANGE COMPANY. FOR FIRE AND LIFE. e———————— Y BN y executed at this Office fl B{x PR'N nm:m‘tb neatness and des pateb.