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we'd nye Love. Han betragtede Forslaget
ON Folgesedler for aldeles uudforligt, og
opleste en- Deel af sin Erklaring af 1861,
hvor det var fremhavet, at Paabud af Fol
geseddel like kan anvendes med Hensyn
til Gienstande, der kunne beres skiulte
paa Grund af deres lille Rumfang i For
hold til Vmrdien.
Gouverneuren fremlagde Politimesterens
Erklering af 1861.
(Fortsattes)
, 1866-11-06
FOR ST. CROIX.

MONDAY THE 22ND OCTOBER 1866, noon at
IL o'clock, the Colonial Council held a meeting
extra ordinem. The members were present
with the exception of the LIST member for
Frederiksted's country district (Moorel, at
present absent from the Island, and the End
member for Christiansted's country district
(POntavice), who was sick.
The minutes of the last meeting we're read.
The following cases were discussed accord
ing to the order of the day distributed by the
Chairman.
l. Appointment of inhabitants to convene with
the Tax Commission for the purpose of as
sessing the rents, conformably with a letter
of the 18th instant from the Government.
Appointed were, for Christiansted Messrs.
j Finlay and w. Behagen, each with 10 votes,
for Frederiksted Messrs. H. Mallgrav and B.
B. Beech, respectively with Is and IA votes.
2. 1st discussion of Governments draft of an
ordinance containing the fees at the Recon
Cling Commissions and at all the Courts of
Justice in the Danish Westindia Islands.
His Excellency the Governor having stated,
that the reports of the committee and other
transactions that had transpired in the case
previous to the framing of the draft, would be
communicated to the committee, which he sup
posed would be appointed on the draft, the
LIST member for Frederiksted's town (Sarauw)
proposed the appointment of a committee of
2 members Appointed were: the 1st member
for Frederiksted's town (Sarauw) with IL, and
the lst member for Christiansted's country
district (Christmas) with IL votes.
3. End discussion of draft of an ordinance pro-
hibiting the sale and expectation of the So
called Sugar-Cakes drought in by Messrs.
Knight and Ratcliffe).
The following amendments were proposed by
His Excellenoy the Governor.
/. That S l of the draft be framed as follows:
"The so-called Sugar-eakes, made by boiling
down liquor without granulation, as we'll as
every other mass of sugar produced in the
same manner, shall whenever they are export
ed from st. Croix be considered and treated as
sugar, not only as regards the fixing of the
duty on them, but also with reference to the
calculation of the tax treated Of in s 3 of the
ordinance of goth December 1869 altering
certain taxes and imposts in the Island of st.
Croix, and in every other respect and the
aforesaid articles can only be exported in hogs
heads or barrels, bearing the brand of the
~estate.''
2. That 5 2 of the draft be framed as follows:
whenever sugar, sugar-cakes or any other
mass of sugar be brought to either one of the
towns, or be conveyed on the country-roads,
without being deposited in hogsheads or bar
rels bearing the brand of the estate, the party
concerned shall always be supplied with a pass
given under the hand of the proprietor or
manager of the respective estate, stating the
name of the estate and of the party to whom
the pass is given, and containing a sufficiently
distinct designation of the articles conveyed by
, 1866-11-06

the middle ofOct
He observed, that also in regard of the assess
ment according to 5 8 of the ordinance goth
December 1862, the public is interested in the
article in question being subjected at the ex-
p~ortation to the general control concerning the
branding with the brand of the estate where it
is made. As regards 5 / the Governor men
toned the Goyernmentplacard goth February
1914, which forbidS the introduction of sugar
&c. into the towns.
The 4th crown-member (Walker) expressed
his approval of the amendments.
The lst member for Frederiksted's town
(Sarauw) desired that the declarations of the
p~olicemasters on the matter, had in 1861, been
laid on the table, and the case postponed.
The Governor did not object to this but
supposing that the members knew the contents
of the declarations, he submitted to the deci-
sion of the Council, if there was any occasion
for postponing the case.
The End member for Frederiksted's country
district (Knight) and the End member for
Christiansted's country district (Ratcliffe) hav-
ing objected to the postponement of the case, the
lst member for Frederiksted's town (Sarauw)
observed, that 5 l Of the proposal pre-supposed,
that sugar could not be exported excepting in
casks branded with the brand of the respective
estate, but that he did not know what law war.
ranted this measure.
The Governor referred to the Governments
placard of the 21st February 1850 S /, 2 & A
and the practice steadily carried out at the
customhouses, according to which sugar is not
allowed to be exported except in hogsheads
&C., furnished with the estates brand.
1st member for Frederiksted's town (Sarauw)
was of the opinion, that the said placard of 1850,
although repeated in subsequent ~placards, was
not applicable, but considered it useless here to
explain the matter further. He would prefer
the unrestricted prohibition against the expor-
tation in the original draft, containing the OBJ
ject aimed at, in preference to the amendment
regarding the branding of the hogsheads &c,
which in a round about-way tends to the same
purport. The other proposal about passes
could not be maintained. What was to be
done, if the sugar-cakes under a pass were not
sold to a single but to several persons ? It
was too severe to fix a fine besides eonfiseatioh,
and even a minimum of one dollar.
The Governor could not see, that there was
cause to enact an unconditional prohibition
against the expectation of sugar cakes, as it had
become an object of consumption in the Island
of st. Thomas, and it may happen, that some
planters may consider it advantageous to ex-
port them there. It would seldom happen,
that the person bringing in sugar cakes would
him or herself sell them to several parties
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-07-18

A fgh, between Sioux and Chippewa.
took place at Fort Garry on the Odd ult
The former had six killed and many
wounded.
The Democratic State Committee Of Hi.
nois have called convention to meet NJ
| Springfield on the Goth Of August next for
/ the pu rposc Of nominating State ticket.
Gen Lanes funeral was fixed for Sunday.
the 18th, but in consequence of rapid
! decomposition, the remains were buried on
/ the 18th All business was suspended.
The funeral was largely attended.
The Nebraska Legislature, in joint ballot,
on the 18th, elected Major General John Nj.
Thaycr and F. W. Upton to the U. s. Sem
atc-both Republicans. The Legislature
has adjourned sine die.
On Tuesday, the 10th, No. | regular
spring wheat brought in Chicago $3.50
100 The next day it sold rs low as 81 60,
making decline in one day, between ex-
trcmes, Of thirty cents, per bushel. 1t closed
on the 18th, however, at 81 IS.
The Academy of Music building at Gin
cinnati, occupied by Kelly \ Leon, was
burned at eleven o'clock on the night Of the
18th, just after the audience had left. The
fire was caused by the ianitor dropping a
coal oil lamp. Loss, SO, 900; insurance
unknown.
special from Leavenworth. Kansas,
says: "The Indian council at Fort Lara
4 ~
farce, the Indians refusing to make peace
upon their own terms, to wit: The with
drawal Of all troops and travel from their
hunting grounds north Of the Platte. The
council has been an enormous expense to
the Government. with no beneficial results y
The Fort Kcarney Postmaster writes on
the Goth ult. that the mail bag from Omaha,
containing mail matter for that place and
the Western Territories, was accidently
lost while crossing the Platte River. To
keep the mail from getting wet, the carrier
put it upon the seat of the wagon, from
which place the jolting of the wagon in the
quicksand gradually worked it off into the
river.
According to Leavenworth dispatch
there is every reason to believe that the In
dams recently attending the unsuccessful
peace conference at Fort Laramie have taken
the war path, and unless troops are prompt
ly despatched to the region lying between
Kansas and Platte, much trouble may be
expected. The Indians are said to number
ten thousand, and are reported to be we'll
armed and beautifully supplied with ammu-
milton.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-07-18

......The editor Of the Weston, Mo-, Times
must be "a fellow Of Infinite jest" or Of
queer taste, for he says: . Hereafter, We
will not publish marriage notices for moth
ing, but will be happy at any time to an
nounce the death of our friends
......Josh Billings remarks with as much
good feeling as truth, that in the good old
daze there wuz more fun in thirty cents than
there is now in dollars and half
......A man who retires from business and
ives on the interest Of his money, may be
said to be resting on his oarers.
......wby is young lady playing the
piano like an apee Because her fingers are
monkeys Cmong keys.
......somebody told us the other day that
one half the lawyers live without cause
and die without effect.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-07-18

States was adopted....The Senate bill In
relation 10 telegraph lines was passed.
In the Senate, on the 18th, when the tariff
bill was reported from the House, MIR. Fes-
! sender moved its reference to the Finance
Committee. Mr.. Grimes moved to amend,
instructing the Committee 10 report on the
I second Monday in December. After some-
what lengthy discussion, the motion was
adopted, % to 17......A resolution was
adopted, furnishing fonts, camp furniture,
&c., for the Portland sufferers. 49,. The Com
mittee Of Conference, asked for by the
House on the Legislative Appropriation bill,
was ordered...... The Niagara Ship Canal
bill was taken up, and amended in some
particulars. The Senate adjourned without
final action upon it.
In the House, on the 18th, Committee
Of Conference was asked in the disagreeing
amendments to the Legislative, Executive,
and Judicial Appropriation bill......A bill
was reported prohibiting the landing or
operating Of telegraph lines from foreign
shores without the consent Of Congress-.
The bill providing for the construction Of a
railroad bridge over the Mississippi at Quin-
cy, Illinois, was considered and amended
by authorizing bridges ut Keokuk and Prai-
RE du Chen. No final action on the bill
was reached. The Fuller Dawson con-
tested election case was postponed......A
resolution was adopted to print the National
Tax law as it stands since the adoption Of
the amendatory act.....Thc Senate resolu-
ton passed for furnishing tents, camp fur
niture, SC, to the Portland sufferers.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the joint res
olution passed giving right Of way to the
Union Pacific railroad through the military
reservation. The Finance Committee re-
ported the resolution respecting the interest
on State war debts...... The Niagara Ship
Canal bill was taken up, and Messrs. Trum-
bull and Hendricks entered upon discuss
sion in which the whole question Of recon-
struction was debated. Tho bill was post
poned until December, by "a to 1l......Mr.
Wiley offered bill for the admission Of
Southern representatives when the States
shall have ratified the last constitutional
amendment......A joint resolution passed,
suspending the collection Of internal tax
from the sufferers at Portland for one year.
......The Northern Pacific railroad bill was
taken up and acted upon.
In the House, on the 13th the bill incor-
porating the National Soldiers and Sailors
Orphans Home was passed. Tho miscel-
laneous appropriation bill was discussed in
Committee Of the Whole, amended in some
particulars and passed...... Mr.. Morrill, in
troduced his new tariff bill. The contest
ed election case of Fuller vs.. Dawson, from
the LIST District Of Pennsylvania, was dis
posed of by retaining MIR. Dawson in his
seat......T The House agreed to the repor. of
the Conference Committee on the bill to pre-
vent smuggling.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-07-18
4atsfetlanu.
If YOU SHOULD FER GET MARRIED.

III Won should e'er get married, John,
FL tell You what to do
20 ct a little tenement,
Just big enough for twol
Aud one spare room 70, company
Aud one spare bed within it
And II you'd begin loves life Alright,
You'd better thus begin it,
in furniture be moderate John
Aud let the stuffed chairs wait;
One looking glass will do for both
Yourself and loving mate;
And Brussels, to-, and other things,
Which make fine appearance,
IL you can better afford IT, they
Will better look year hence.
Some think they must have pictures, John,
superb and costly, too;
Your wife will be Il picture John
Let that sutlicl for you,
Remember now the wise man said
tent and love within it,
Is better than a splendid house.
win chickering's every minute
And one word AS to cooking. John
Your wife can do than best:
For love, omake the biscuit rise,
Is better far than Yeast.
No matter il each day don't
Bring turkey to the table,
Twill better relish by.and-by,
When you are better able.
For all you buy pay money, John,
Money that every day
II you would have your life run smooth
There is no better way.
A note to pay is an ugly thing,
OF thing you choose to caiit)
When il hangs DER a man who has
No money in his wallet
And now when yon are married, John,
Don't try to ape the rich.
1t took me many toi!some year,
To gain their envied niche
And if you'd gain the summit, John,
Look well to your beginning,
Aud then will all you win repay
The care and toll of winning
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-07-18
Foreign News.

) Porto Rico letter says the slave popu-
lation is rapidly diminishing by manumis-
sion. The sugar and coffee crops are not
more than half the average.
A steamer from France reports the rebel
General John C. Breckinridge as holding
commission in the Austrian army as Major
General. Quite number Of ex-Confederates
are among the European armies.
The siege Of Tampico by the Liberals
progresses favorably. Macmillan has been
obliged to resort to extreme measures in
order to raise an amount of money suffi-
cient to pay one half the interest on the
English debt.
The New York HeralTs Madrid CORES
pondent furnishes particulars Of the recent
revolt in that city. A five hours fight took
place between the insurgent troops and the
Queens soldiers, in which the latter were
finally victorious. One thousand of the reb-
els were killed and wounded, and the royal
troops experienced heavy loss. The cry
Of the revolutionists was, "Long live the
Republic"
The Idea Liberale, of Peubla, of June
9th, shows that letters from the United
States are required to be opened and read
at the post-office, by the person to whom
they are addressed, in the presence Of Max
imilian's agents, who afterwards examine
them. Matters considered Objectionable
are to be sent to the Imperial Commissary,
who submits them to the court-martial for
such determination as may be thought
proper.
A Paris letter says that the Prussian Gov
eminent, even in the early stages Of the
war, is undergoing an electoral defeat, yet
Bismark is determined not to let this matter
interfere with the military designs of the
nation, and has therefore made bold move,
through Victor Emmanuel, in the direction
of French intervention. Napoleon is re-
ported as being far from the least willing
party in such an arrangement.
The latest advices from Mexico state that
Macmillan is far from preparing to evacu-
ate his dominions, and that, on the contra
ry, he has ordered Consumption in the EN-
pire, to take place on the 9Th Of July
which, with the aid of 5OO,O 900 francs pei
month from France, will keep him q while
longer. Desertions from the Imperial to the
Liberal army were frequent. The idea o.
annexation the United States was widely
spread in the Liberal ranks.
Another revolt has broken out in the
island Of Cuba, and this time it is feared
the instruction will become general.
considerable portion Of the inhabitants hav,
declared for separation from the Spanish
Government. A body of the insurgents had
been attacked by the Government troops
and during the fight the Colonel Of the lat
ter was killed, after which more than on
half the Spanish soldiery engaged wen
over to the rebels The Cuban authoritie
were much excited over the report that tw'
thousand CHILEAN troops had landed nea
Nuevitas, and also that the discontente,
natives were to join them.
European dates to the 9th state tia
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-07-18

the British Ministry had resigned, il
consequence Of the hostile vote in the Hous,
of Commons, and their resignation accepted
An engagement, slight in its nature, had
taken place in Austrian Silesia, between the
Prussians and Austrians, in which the
former had somewhat the advantage. .....
The Hanoverian army have reached the
territory of Meiningen, having eluded the
Prussian force by which it was almost sur
rounded......A desperate battle occurred
on Sunday June Gath, between the
Italian and Austrian forces in
front of Verona. Victor Emanuel
commanded his troops i'll person, and
brought into the contest the three corps of
the army Of the Mincio, and the reserve.
The Austrians claim to have taken several
cannon and $1,000 prisoners, carried Gus
tozza by Storm and repulsed every attack
of the Italians. In another engagement
the Italians were repulsed, and forced to
recross the Mincio.
Dates to the 10Th, by the City Of London.
ctotC tHHt u Vdttle toOh place UtlWceu .tuC
Austrian and Prussian forces in Bohemia,
in the vicinity of Prague, in which the lat
ter were beaten, leaving their dead and
wounded on the field...... Another engage
ment is reported near Turnau, in which the
Prussians were successful, but an Austrian
letter from Darmstadt says the Prussians
are awful liars, and no dependence is to be
placed upon any accounts sent from their
telegraph Unreasonable Italians deny
that they were beaten at Custozza..... The
King Of Italy has requested the assistance
Of France against Austria, for which he Of
fers Sardinia, and importan. concessions on
the Roman question......A very remarkable
and suspicious activity is noticed in the mil
itary establishment of France.
European news to the 30th brings in
telligence that Lord Derby was about
to attempt the formation of a coalition Min
istry. The British Government has issued
proclamation Of neutrality. Another bat
tie occurred in Bohemia, between the Aus
trians and Prussians, in which the former
are reported to have been driven back with
heavy loss. 1t is officially announced that
the Prussians, after their recent defeat in
Silesia, desired the Austrian commander to
grant a truce, which request was refused.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-07-18

Ave hundred feet, or nearly thirty ordinary
house lots. This decision Of the Commits
sioners will have to be approved by the SEQ
Rotary Of the Interior and the Postmaster
General. and afterwards brought before
Congress.
The Rochester Union, Of the I'd, says,
the Reverend Lindsey, who whipped his
child to death in Shelby, Orleans County,
has fled to Canada to save his life, which
he did not deem safe in the neighborhood
where he resided. After giving bail in the
sum Of $4,000, he went to his fathers
house, and not feeling himself safe, he re-
turned to Albion and offered his living body
to the Sheriff for safe keeping, but the
Sheriff refused to accept him, and Lindsey
took the first train for Canada. These are
the facts in the case.
The Portland Press says: "Our estimate
Of yesterday, that the number Of buildings
destroyed was 1900, we are satisfied is too
low. We think it will come nearer 1900;
and 5000 families, embracing 10, 900 or l2,-
600 persons, were rendered homeless The
amount Of the losses will aggregate to up
wards Of $lO,OOO,OOO. Some persons set it
as high as $15,OOO,OOO." The Portland
Argns says: 1T is estimated that about
1000 buildings were burned, and property
destroyed to the amount Of $12,OOO,OOO,
which is probably insured for about one
half The State valuation Of the city was
SIS, O0O 900, and the real valuation must
be over $30,oOO,00O. Fully one third must
have been destroyed"
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-07-18

General Intellircuce.

Another member of the Cabinet, Attorne,
General Speed, has sent in his resignation
The present pension list of the United
States is sixteen millions Of dollars per an
mum, and will be increased to TWENTY-FIVE,
millions.
1t is stated authoritatively, that Postmas
ter General Dennison has rendered his res
! ignation to the President and that it will b.
probably accepted.
Mr.. Sumner has presented to Congress q
petition of the Presidents of insurance com.
panies for the passage Of law prohibiting
the importation Of India fre-crackers
A project is before Congress for tunnel.
ing the Mississippi at st. Louis. instead Of
bridging 1.-THE work to be done in three
years, at a cost not to exceed $3,OOo,OOO.
It is uncertain at what time Congress will
adjourn. A proposition for adjournment
on the ed is talked about, but Speaker
Colfax thinks it cannot be effected before
the both.
The bill to extend the Capitol grounds,
which has passed the Senate, proposes that
the grounds shall embrace forty-one acres
The estimated cost Of the additional grounds
was, in 1861, about $29O,O0O.
A call has been issued for n convention of
Southern Unionists, to be held in Philadel-
phia on the first Monday in September
The call is signed by many of the most
prominent loyalists of the Southern States.
There has been reduction Of about Sl3,-
100000 in the national debt during the
month Of June. The reduction of the
principal of the debt during the year end
ing July LIST has been over 500, 600, 600
This is encouraging
At the Cabinet meeting, on the 10th, it is
said that Secretary Harlan took decided
stand in favor of the Freedmen's Bureau
bill, and was partly backed by Mr.. Seward
on the score of expedicncy. Mr.. Seward
is said to be Indifferent to its merits, but
fears the effect Of so many vetoes.
Postmaster General Dennison has re-
signed his place in the Cabinet, not being
able to agree with the President in some of
his points of policy. 1t is generally con-
coded that Ex-Governor A. w. Randall, of
Wisconsin, now First Assistant Postmaster
General, will succeed him.
The heads Of the various bureaus in the
Treasury Department have been in confer
ence yesterday with the Congressional Com
mittee to whom was referred the petition
for increase Of salary. The result is the
drafting of bill making an average in
crease Of twenty-five per cent.
The letter Of Secretary Welles to Sena-
Tor Doolittle begins thus: 81 cordially APP
prove the movement which has been insti.
uted to sustain the Administration in main
aiming unbroken the Union of the States,
md recognize in the call which you have
sent me, the principles and views with
which the Administration has been gov
,rned"
Specials from Washington state that the
President and Secretary Seward have sig
lified their intention to be present at the
laying Of the corner stone Of the Douglas
monument, as soon as Congress adjourns.
Mr.. Seward will deliver the eulogy. While
in the West, the President and Mr.. Seward
are expected to visit Madison, Wisconsin,
and possibly one or two other Western
cities.