St. Croix Avis (Christiansted, St. Croix [V.I.]) 1844-Current
August 18, 1865

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P -e 29 T B e N “k'*" 2o 5 e PORIYEBR: HANS HATOCHETT. TRYKT I ENKEN HARRIET HATCHETT’S BOGTRYKKERI. 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 number to non-advertisers——lo cents gey- Parties desirous of withdrawing their subscription to the Avis’ are required to give three months previous notice. Terms of Advertising, Approved by Govegpment, 25th June, 1855. For an advertisement of 8 lines, or under, one to three insertions—— Small Type (Brevier) 1 to 81ine5....%1 00 Cyer 8 fines, pr. live 16 Larger Type (Long Primer, Small Pica, Pica, Columbia:) 1 to Blines 1 00 Ovies Binee hes lime 10 TOF A LGk of llimest Yype 0 12 2" For 1 to 3 subsequent insertions, the halt amount of the first charge will be made. All advertisements for insertion must'be delivered at thi® 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 Eud or St. Thomas must be prepaid, or no notice will be taken of them. S Lutheran Church, Christiansted. On Sunday the 20th instant, there will be divine service held for both Lutheran Congregations in this Church. A——— TABLE OF THE FALL OF RAIN during the week from 9th Aug. to 15th Aug. Christiansted. Frederiksted. King’s Hill. Lines. Lines: Lines. Aug. 9, 0} 3 1 10, 03 0 0 35 4 03 12, 0% 0 0 1% 0 0 0 14 0 0% 0} 35 63 14 11 24 53 3} A S A R AT S OIWP R S A RP B R FRHE Undersigned begs leave to inform A the public, that on Saturday, the 19th inst. he will arrive in Christiansted with the steamer Clara Rothe. Parties desirous to consult him will please to apply at the residence of Mr. Andersen for further infor mation. St. Thomas 15th August 1865. J. FR. PETERSEN, Lawyer. A det ansees onskeligt at have Credi- FØ torernes Formening med Hensyn til Dispositionen as Plantagerne LOWRY HILL, PETRONELLA og PROSPECT HILL, tilhørende Planter Alexander Woiffs Fallitboe, indbydes disse herved til et Møode som vil vorde afholdt paa Boet ONSDAG den 23de dennes Formid dag Kl. 11 slet. Christiansteds Skiftereis Contoir, den 12te August 1865. J. A. Stakemann. XT being desirable to hear the Credi tors respecting the disposal of the Es tates LOWRYHILL, PETRONELLA and PROSPECTHILL, belonging to the Bankrupt dealing of Mr. Alexander Wolff, the Creditors are hereby invited to attend a meeting whick will be keld in the deal- CHRISTIANSTED, FREDAGEN den 18de AUGUST 18605, ing on WEDNESDAY the 23rd instant, 11 o’clock a. m. g Christiansteds Dealing Court Office, the 12th August 1865. J. A. Stakemann. '.':P,)- o t

No. 36. 92 Cenits. i INSNO) E 1865. I Carl Hattensen. Rosenérn.

PROCLAMA. Q LLE og Enhver som maatte have No- ÅÅ get at fordre pra Skiftet efter afgang- ne Frue Fansy Bgearry Purnuaps indkal- des herved med 8 Masneders Varsel til at anmelde og beviisliggjore deres Krav for undertegnede Rvt som behandlende nævnte Boe. Christiansteds Skifteret, den 12te Au- I gust 1865. J. A. Stakemamnmn., For sale by the undersigned a splendid lot of Hard Wood, consisting of, l‘ STOCKS. l POINTS. ROLLERS. SQUARE PIECES 17 feet long 13 inch no. I CEDAR PLANKS. LOCUST Deo. Large square pieces CAPPA. CEDAR BOARDS. 1 RED OAIL STAVES. 1 St. Croix August 11th, 1865. t JULIUS KNUTHSEN. BANK OF ST. THOMAS. MO'I‘!CE is hereby given that a semi (.l annual General Meeting of Proprie tors will be held on Wednesday the 23rd inst., at Mr. Bonelli’s “Europcan Hotel” in the Main Street. The chair will be taken at 12 o’clock. By order of the Board of Directors. St. Thomas, 7th August 1565. A. WOLFF, Manager. j WELLCOME’S CARTE de VISITE SALOON. HE undersigned politely informs his A friends and the public that his PHO TOGRAPHIC ROOMS No. 2 Company Street, formerly occupied by Miss Wat lington, are mow open for inspection, where he is sally prepared to execute every style of Photograjphs at moderate prices. His stay in this town will be for a very short time, therefore would recommend Ladies and Gentlemen, desir: ing their Portraits, to give him an early call. His whole aim will be to please and give eutire satisfaction. Children are taken with the same facility a8 grown persons and at same price ¢xcept 1n groups when the price will be double. B. WELLCOME. ROUTE OF STEAMER “Clara Rothe,”

APPROVED BY GOVERNMENT. FRrRoMm 7TH AUGUST TO 22ND. Monday 7|Leaves St. Thomas for Wes* End l at 7 350 A. M. D0.....| 7 Leaves West End for 1. Thomas utademm Tuesday 8/Leaves St. Thomas for _sassin at Too AN, D0.....| S|Leaves Bassin for St. Thomas at 530 p. M. Wednesday 9 Leaves St. Thomas for Ponce (Pto. Re.) at 6A. M. Thursday .[lO Leaves Ponce for Arroyo aud St. Thomas at A, m. Friday .{ll|{Remains in St. Thomas Saturday ..|l2|Leaves St. Thomas for Bassin at 730A, M. Do.....[l2]Leaves Bassin for St. Thomas at 530 p. M. Sunday ...!13|Remains in St. Thomas. Monday .14 Leaves St. Thomas for West End at 730A. M. D0.....114 Leaves West End for St. Thomas i l at 630 r. M, Tuesday -315;Remains in St. Thomas. Awalts 2 Ty o Wednesday (16| A‘\\dli.b'tht 'H‘l‘ val oflvn(‘a %Tur.u Thursday .17 peanSteamerandconveysiliis 7 l) to Bassin. Friday .../18 Remains in St. Thomas. Saturday ..|l9 Leaves St. Tuom- for Bassin 2* IroMm Sunday ...\2o{Leaves Bassin for St. T ~mas 530 p. M. Monday .;21 Remains in St. Thomas. Tuesday .;zz'Leaves St. Thomas for West E. at 730A. M. D 0.... .12z Leaves West End for Si. Thomes l at 550 p. M. i Christiansted 28th July 1865. JULIUS KNUTHSEN, Agent. XPECTING the Brig Nellie in a few days we will thank any of our friends having Molasses for us to send it in this week, and we beg the particular favor of any one¢ hrving Molasses or Bread Casks remainni, unfilled to send them in to us tia we may have them put in order au. preserved for next year’s crop. Bassin August 7th 1865. ROCHE BROS. Co. H. Krebs Praetorius, AGENTS OF THE NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY. "“FOR FIRE AND LIFE. [Nr. 66.

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deceptions as these, if practiced to any extent, must obviously be set down to these causes, and not, in any deuree, to the system, in which no oue will be so silly as to assert, that there is any thing which tends to make children read with reversed books; and with which no ingenuiiy cun, in the remotest degree, con nect such an exploit. But who is to be Leld respounsible for this superficial wethod of conducting the Schools, and for this at teispted Imposition on the public at exa minations 7 We eertainly cannot be wrong ia saying that the responsibility in such watters rested plflcipally, if not entirely, with the then Superintendent, under whose sole and entire control the Schools, and all their affuirs were placed, and who alone held their management and direction in lLis hands. “Ah! well then,” I hear some of your readers exclaim, (for there are always good hearts ready to sympathise with the weak side) “Ah! well then, you cannot but admit that the Schools haie made an immense gain by passing under-the admin istration of the present Superintendent, un der whose regime, such scandals as these could never oceur.” Certainly, my dear readers, I perfectly agree with yon that the present Superintendent would never wilfully connive at such deceptions my confidence in his probity is mueh greater than his in mine: and, as far as my personal feelings go, I gladly admit all that you claim; but one little fact remains to be explained—a tact to which neither you nor I can entire ly close onr eyes—which is—that, if 1 do not greatly err, when in those dark ages of popular education—ages unillumined with phonetical light—such accusations were brought against our Schools, the Superin tendent, the responsible person, was, in eredible as it may seem—the Revd. J. Gar din himself!! I am, Mr. Editor, Very truly your's, JNQ, DuBOIS. o THE “AVIS.” 5 o TPy O L3P [9%%] irisliansirl, B Srais. —_——— FRIDAY, 18t AUGUST 1865. e e Tur European Mails per Stcamer Tas manian arrived at Bt. Thomas on Wed nesday the 16th inst. We make the following extracts from the Spectator The Session of the Austrian Reichsrath was closcd on the 27th inst, in an extremely con ciliatory speech, in which the Emperor thankcd the mewbers for their spirit of economy, prom iscd peace, and a settlement of the lolstein- Schleswig question *‘compaiib’e with the posi tion of Austriain the Geimauie Confederation,” and hinted that “important rcasons affecting the geneial intcrests of the monarchy, and which upon that account had fouud patriotic and elcquent expression in both Houses of the Reichsrath, counsclled the accelerated convo cation of the legal representatives of the peo ples-in the castern portions of the empire.” This refers to a plan said'to have been #nally resolved upon of entrusting power to fwe Par liament+, the Reichsrath legislating for the German States, Bohemia, Galicia, and Venetia, and the Diet for Hungary, Duilmatia, and the Slavonic provivces. The two Diets will then devisy some method for common action on some imperial questions. As that plan will re corcile Hungary without irretrievably offend ii g Germany, it seems the most statesmanlike yet devised. General Howard, U.S.A. has issued an ad mirable order, insisting that the value of the frecmen’s labour shall be measured by what their masters were willing to pay in hire for it before their emancipation, and not by what $Te CROLX AVI S they are now willing to give. He direets his subordinates to see justice strictly done to these freedmen, and while anticipativg some severe suffering, says that this wiil be inevitable on every policy, while strict jusitice will much sooner heal the wounds than any compromising course. Herr Von Bismark has gone a step further towards the establishment of absolutism in Prus sia. The city of Cologne resolved to give a banquet to the Liberal members of the Cham ber, a proceeding formally authorized by Axrti cle 23 of the Constitution. The festival was, however, prohibited by the poliee, and although the judge of tfe Provineial Court quashed the order as manifestly illegal, the prohibition was not withdrawn. The Deputies of course resolv ed to hold their festival, and on the 22nd inst. attended in the Zoological Gardevs. Authority, however, uuable to Lear the consequences which might flow from the afier-dinuer speeches of members of Parliament, sent troops into the garden and disporsed the guests by toree. The catables, strange to say, were not analyzed by the police, with the view of discovering miaius of treason in the pétés or elixir of s dition in the Rbine wiue, though of course they must have existed. Oa the following day the mem bers attended a similar banquet at Deutz, but were again dispersed, and tinally proceeded to Oberlahnstein, in the Dukedom of Nassau, where, as they thought. they might dine in peace. ‘L'he wretched little poteutate, however, who bears a tide once borne by William the Deliverer, went out of his mind with {right, and actnally sent an cexpress to Wiesbaden for all his army to go and disperse a koot of quict mer chants, lawyers, and professors. 000 course they went, aud the members stecamed by the Rhme to Cologne, pa<sing biidge after bridge lined with troops, and town afier town filled with a sympathizing population, and went hone filled with love for the Hoheuzolierus, and full of the belicf thatthe Germau is the only tree man in the world. They will of course do noth ing, but the workmen’s corpora‘ions are more practical, and are organizing mass meetings in order to establish the right of association.” If soldiers are sent to disperse them they will probably be ordered to fire, in which case, sol diers being also workmen— The Great Eastern, with the Atlantic tele graph cable on board, left Valentia on the 24th inst., but before she had steamed cighty miles it was discovered that there was “a defect of insulation.”” It was, however, rectified, and at 10 50 a.m. on Kriday 450 miles had becn run, and 500 miles of cable paid out. Should any aceideut cccur the public will be informed of the fact. but not of its cause, the Company, with a suspicions dread of publicity not ofien found in such great undertakings, having re fused admission to the special correspondents, and twimed out a subordinate of their own who promised to keep a journal of incidents for a daily paper. The public of course loses noth ing, except an amusingy description of an uni que enterprise, and gains what may prove full comp:nsation, a profound distrust of c¢verybody counected with the Company. The following telcgrams have heen rceeived by Reuter’s Telegram Company (Limited) from Mr. R. A Glass, manug vg director of the Tele graph Coustiuction and Maluteuance Company, July 29 “On board the Great Eastern, Saturday Morning, 10 45 a.m. “Six hundred and fifty miles of cable were paid out at 6 60 a.m. to-day. “The distance run at 8 50 a.m. was 600 miles. “The signals are perfect.” Valentia, Afternoon. “Accident to cable. Cause unknown. Total loss of insulation. “No information from or communication with Great Eastern. “Seven hundred miles paid out at 1 50 p.m. to-day.” “Sunday, July 30. «“All is going on well. The fault was remov ed at 150 a.m. The insulation is perfeet.” “On board the Great Eastern, Sunday, 4 15 a.m. “750 miles paid out, 650 miles run by Great Eastern, “Continuity perfect. “Insulation perfect. “All going on well.” A “mountain of silver,”’ or at all events a wountain containing vast quantities of the me tal, has been discovered in Nevada, the State just admitted into the Awmeriecan Union. Ita name is Silver Peak, it is east of San Irancisco and about seventy miles south of Austn, and twelve immenscely rich lodes have already been ep-ned. The whole of Nevada is rich in silver, Lut this particular spot will, it is believed, pro dico more than any mines yet discovered. Close to the peak is an extinet erater, near it a vast deposit of salt, within sight a hill of pure sulphur, and around endless stony desert, the whole seene suggesting strongly the picture which Milton drew of hell. Neither poetry nor superstition are, Lowever, likely to stop the miners of the far West when they sce their way clear to sudden and limitless wealth. FORIHTANDLINGER COLONIALRANDET (UNIALRA TOR 51. OROLX, Anno 1865 Onsdag den 9de August, For middag Kl 11, atholdt Colonialraadet dets andet ordinaire Mode. Alle Medlemmer ne vare tilstede. Protocollen for sidste Mode blev oplwest, 4de Medlem for Frede riksteds Land District (Hinckson) under skrev og atgav sin Eedserklering. IFormanden underrettede Forsamlingen om, at han havde ladet omdele Betaenk ningerne over Forretningsordenen og Bud gettet, og at Medlemmerne ville finde hen lagt paa de respective Pladser Exemplarex as deaf Gouvernementet forelagic 3de forelobige Anordninger endvidere Gou vernementets Under-Aindringsforslag til Forretningsordenen. Iste Medlem for Christiansteds By (Heil buth) meldte, at han og 2det kongevalgte Medlem (Meincke) havde byttet Plads. Derefter ¢ik Raadet over til Behandlin gen as Sagerne paa Dagsordenen Udvalgets Betwenkning over Udkast til Forretningsordenen. lofterat Ordforeren, Iste Medlem for Frederiksteds By (Sarauw), havde ud viklet Motiverne tilde foreslaaede An dringer, takkede Gouverneuren Udval get for den Omhyggelighed hvormed man havde behandlet Sagen, og erkle rede, at han havde fundet sig foranledi get til at gjore Udswettelse mod 7 as de as Udvalget foreslaaede Aindringer. Efterat Hans Hoivelbaarenhed havde udvilket Motiverne til sine Underwn dringsforslag, erklerede Udvalgets Ord forer sig for Antagelsen deraf, da Raa det i fornodent Faldt vilde kunne treefle de muligt udfordrende Forandringer og Moditicationer. Ihvorvel Underan dringsforslagets sildige Modtagelse, der gjorde det umuligt for Udvalget at saet te sig ind i Sagen, var han desuagtet as Udvalget bleven bemyndiget tl at an befale samme til Raadet. Ved at referere Sporgsmaalet til Raa dets Afgjorelse, vedtoges Betenkningen med de foreslaaende ndringsforslag eenstemmigt med 16 Stemmer. 2. Sporgsmaal om Fremme as Foresporg sel til Gouverneuren fra Iste Medlem for Frederiksteds By (Sarauw) angaaende Ophwevelse as Bestemmelsen i Lov as 30te Juni 1850 6 1L Formanden udbad sig Raadets Bestem melse om Sporgsmaalets Fremme, hvor efter Samtykke meddeeltes eensstem migt med 15 Stemmer. e Foresporgeren udyiklede Grundene der

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