davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1870-12-09
NOTICE.

VN conformity with : 90 of the Colonial
* Law of the 9th November 1863 for
the Danish Westindia Islands and Law of
10th February 1864 all inhabitants of the
Country District of the Jurisdiction Of
ChristianSted, who consider that they
have had in the past year, from the LIST of
January to the 31S' Of December 1869,
clear annual neon Of 500 wrstindia dol
lars and are otherwise entitled to the
franchise IN comfortably with s Is of said
Colonial Law, or WIiJ attain the qualiica-
tions o~ffranchise Dciore the 31st Of March
1872 (see : %. last c%lause), are hereby
requested to furnish the necessary iu-
formation thereof in writing to the under
signed Chairman of the Electoral Board
before the end of this month.
Copies of a printed Guide for Reports
OF Franchise my be seen at the Court
House Kings Street No. 10.
The Electoral Board for the Country
Jurisdiction of Christiansted, the 1st De-
cember 1870.
c. SARAUW,
Chairman.
, 1870-12-09
G. CARAUW,
Formand.


WIN conformity with ) % Of the Colonial
q Law Of the 27th November 1863 for
the Danish Westindia Islands and Law
of 18th February 1864 all persons resid-
lug in the Country District Of the Juris-
diction Of Frederiksted, who consider
themselves to have been during the last
year, from the 1St Of January to the 31st
of December 1869, in receipt of a clear
yearly income of 500 westindia dollars
and otherwise to be entitled to the fran
chise in conformity with : Is Of the said
Colonial Law or who before the 31st of
March 1872 will attain the qualifications
Of franchise (see s %, last c~lause), are
hereby requested to notify the same in
writing TO the undersigned Chairman of
the Electoral Board before the expiration
of this month.
Copies of printed Guide for the Re
ports Of Franchise may be seen at the
Court House.
The Electoral Board for the Country
District ofthe Jurisdiction ofFrederiksted
the 1st December 1870.
G. SARAUW,
Chairman.
, 1870-12-09
:. acknowledgements

a Henhold til ) 22 of ColoniaIIoven af
27de November 1868 for de danSk vest
indiske Der og Low af lode Fcbruar
1864, opfordres herved de IndvaGnere i
Frederlksteds Jurisdictions Landdistrict,
som maatte formene at have havt i Diet
sldste Aar, fra 1ste Jaouar til 31te De-
cember 1869 en- reen aarlig Indkomst af
500 vestindiske Daler og i6vrigt at wore
val gberettigede i Oyereensstemmclse med
torn9vntc CoIoniaIlovs IS, eller at vile
opnaae en- saadan Val gbcrettigeIse linden
den 31te Marts 1872, jfr. den nevnte Lows
: 90 Sidste Stykke, til linden indevarende
December Maaneds Udgang skriftligen at
anmelde Saadant for undertegnede For
mand i VaIgbestyrelsen.
bet bemprkes, al Exemplarer af en-
tkykt Welcoming Ill AnmcIdelser ON Valg-
berettiselse hrnligge Ill Eftersyn Refs
huset.
ValgbestyreIsen for Frederiksteds Juris-
dictions Landdistrict, den 1ste December
1870.
C. CARAUW,
Formand.
, 1870-12-09
D n = u R W II x II N n s
5 Z. Q q o L Z A v q s.

clear yearly income of 500 westindia dol
lars and otherwise to be entitled to the
franchise in conformity with 5 Is of the
said Colonial Law, or who before the 31st
March 1872 will attain the qualifications
of franchise (see : %, last clause, are
hereby requested to notify the same in
writing to the undersigned Chairman of
the Electoral Board before the expiration
of this month.
Copies OLA printed Guide for the Re
potts of Franchise may be seen at The
Court House.
The Electoral Board for the town of
Frederiksted, The Isl December 1870.
G. SARAUW,
Chairman.
, 1870-12-09

Assurances of every description on sin
gle lives are granted by the Society for
any sum from 500 Dollars to 10, 1000 Dollars.
Premiums are received Quarterly, Half
yearly, or Yearly, at the option Of the
Assured.
Assurers wishing to discontinue the
payment of their Premiums, may either
dispose of their Policies TO the Society
upon equitable terms, or obtain a free
Policy for a reduced amount.
Loans are granted to Members on the
Security of their Policies.
All claims occurring by death are
promptly met within 3 months after salts
factory proof Of such death has been re-
celved by the Society.
Strict Investigations into the position
of the Society are made quinquennially,
and the surplus then existing is allotted TO
the Members, after a sufficient sum has
been set aside for the purposes of the
Reserve Fund. The next investigation
and Division of Profits, will take place ut
the 31st December, 1870.
The Society has Agencies in nearly all
Of the British West India Islands.
Actuary-ALEXR. s. BURNETT,
Secretary-HENRY CRUMPTON.
MEDICAL EXAMINERS:
DR.. Won. BRETON. DR.. HOLM.
Forms of Proposal, Prospectuses, and
every information may be obtained from
F. B. GRIFFITH, Agent.
, 1870-12-09

MUTUAL Lille Assurance SOClogy
ESTABLISHED IN 1910.
INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL ACT 1856 /.
CHIEF OFFICE:
No. 30, HIGH STREET, BRIDGEToWN, BARE ADos
RIHIS Society, which confines its bust
A ness exclusively to assuring the lives
of persons resident in the West Indies,
presents advantages such as no other AS
surance Company, labouring in the same
field, can offer. It's scale of Premiums,
although considerably lower than that OF
any other Company, has nevertheless been
found quite adequate TO provide for the
risk of life in the West Indies, and sufh-
cient 10 create large SURPRISES, out OF
which Reversionary Bonuses, averaging
p per cent per annum upon the amour
assured have been distributed among Il 9
Members of the Society.
Its career, during a period of 80 years,
has clearly demonstrated The fact that the
lives of persons residing in this part of
the world, are, when carefully selected,
almost as valuable as those inhabiting
Europe, and that they do not demand
such excessive Premiums as are charged
by every other Company.
The following abridged Table shows
the Premiums required to assure S1O0,
or the whole term, upon a single life -
, 1870-12-09

YIN conformity with 5 90 of the Colonial
a Law Of the 9th November 1868 for
the Danish Westindia Islands and Law of
18th February 1864 all persons residing
in the town of Frederiksted, who consid-
er themselves TO bave been during the
last year. from the 1st Of January 10 the
31st of December 1869 in receipt Of q
, 1870-12-09

bet bemarkes II ExempIarer af en-
trykt Welcoming I'll Anmeldelstr ON Valg-
berettlgelse henligge til Eftersyn i Refs
huset K~ongensgade No. 10,
Valgbestyrelsen for Christiansteds Ju-
risdictions Land Districts Valgkreds den
1ste December 1870
G. SARAUW,
Formand.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24
NEWS OF The DAT.
"?o ssoy ths re7y age and Jody ofthe Yam

The Bullock sympatbizsrs in Washington
on Tuesday night held a session at Lincoln
Hall to consider the prospects of Georgia, and
the mayor OF WASHINGTON and his chief OF
police were anong the officers of the meeting.
There we're many warl politicians present, and
a considerable sprinkiipg Of co!orcd men;
The mayor made a speech in which he offered
the sympathy OF the radical party OF the DIS
trict 0! Columbia with the loyal people OF
Georgia Col. John W. Fornsy also spoke,
and indulge in few f ngs agains! Aaryiahd'
Virginia and Tennessee.
Business with Yokohama and other Japan
ports is becoming quite active over the Pacific
railroad. \ consignment Of oDe thousand
packages Of tea Tor a firm 10 Chicago, and
eleven thousand packages for a firm In New
York. reached Chicago yesterday. thirty days
from Yukoh,na. They were brought 10 Sar
Fraacisc1 ~ the American bark Benetaetres!.
The entire cargo is valued at $500 OO0.
4 great religious revival is in progress 10
Joliet, Illinois, forty miles south Of Chicago.
Last nigh. every saloon. billiard hall and other
public place was closed at siS o'clock, 81 that
all could attend church. The whole city seems
to BE- awakened.
Associate Justice Bradley, who was sworn
il ard took lis seal upon the Supreme Bench
yesterday. has been assigned to preside in the
Fifth Circuit, comprising the States Oh tcor'
gia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, louisiana
and Texas.
Tho repair shops OF tue Milwaukee and 81
Paul Railroad Company were burned yester'
day, including four engines and six box cars.
Total loss 500, O00 mostly insured.
The Secretary ct the Navy has sens 10 the
Naval Committees OF Congress q communica
ton recommending that our navy be Increased
BY itrty.fve additional vessels.
1t is stated that Associate Justice Strong has
been assigned TO the third judicial district,
embracing the States of Pennsylvania. Mary
land, New Jersey and Delaware.
4 clerk 10 the Treasury has been dismissed
for lending money to his brother clerks at
usurious rates.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24
AUCTION SAWS.

rOMMISSIONER5 SALE OF FAIRFAX
VI LAND.-Under authority of q decree O.
the, Circuit Court of Fairfax CO., Va, made e:
Guardian, VS.. William Allison ct al., he sui
scriber will sell, by public auction to lie high
est bidder, on MONDAY, tn 18th dayot Apr.
Court day, at II o'clock m, at the iron: dec.
Of the Court House of said county, TWO JIU&-
DRIED AND FIFTY ACRES OF "COD
LAND ON THE POTOMAC, IN SAD county,
nesr the mouth Of Occoquan, being that part Q:
the Sandy Point farm which, in the division T..
it, was allotted to the widow and heir: OF Join
". Allison, decd; said property BEN oT1cc-
ed to be sold for default of former purchase: j.
pay mel of purchase money.
NH 1o-oots Comm
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24
yEEGSNEf MtIEs 3.

The freight trains of the Virginia and Ten
nessee railroad which left the LyRchburg depot
Yesterday morning, On reaching the long bridge
over Little Otter creek, in Bedford county,
found that the structure was on fire. Ire
trains we're stopped, and the a.mes, "hich
were Just beginning to burn ct one extremity
of the bridge, were, Gtter considerable c%Ecrtlon,
extinguishcd.
All 'creditors of the Farmers Bank OF Va,
are notified TO present their claims to }. johns,
Commissioner at Richmond, by the lst day
of Anril, or they will be ruled out. Why was
not this notice advertised by the Commissioner
at all points where the Bark bad branches
And echo asWers "why.'
A writer in the Warrenton Index suggests
that the Legislature reduce the fees o! County
Clerks so that the salary shall not exceed 81,
OGO per annum or direct that the surplus over
So 900 be paid into the County Treasury.
Forty five colored people, including about Z
dozen women, Icit Winchester yesterday morn
ing. under charge Of Mr.. Wipgfcld, bound
for the cotton plantations OF the South. The
Indications are that hundreds will iollOw.
The Richmond delegation iii the LoglsIa-
ture has decided 10 recommend hr. Is. Il.
Wexford, Jr., as Judge Of the Circuit Court
of Richmond, and MIR. A. B. Gulgon 81 Judge
of the Hastings Court.
Dir. Oscar Nesrnith, 4 respectable cl.z:n OF
Loudouu county, living near Purcel7lI!c, labor
ing under great depression of mind, committed
suicide on Monday last, by shooting himself
A memorial IS receiving signatures in Gu
pepper which will urge the Legislature to
| abolish or modify the 'tence law
Culpeper Court House (tie town is grow
ing in population, houses, and business.
COMMUNICATED.
J. 500 by tho Baltimore papers that the City
Passenger Railroad propose TO tho Councils OF
that city to be relieved from the tax levied
upon it for the use of tho streets, and propose
10 reduce the passenger 1aFe IN CONSIDERATION
thereof.
This tax was to be and has been applied to
TIE use Of the Parks, and the Baltimore pspera
SAY has produced SlC0 QUO per snnum, and a
repeal Of the tax is earnestly opposed on the
ground that the condition Of tho city hAah'9a
will not sutf. r it TO be granted.
1t should be bornein mind that these passenger
rail gsys ha o become d NECESSITY to tne people e.
and every pa .senger contributes his snare IN
this indirect taxation.
Our streets arc equally valuable to us. and a
tex levied upon the raj ways leading into cur
to WI would be contributed in part b; our own
psople, but in u larger proportion. probably,
py builders. 1t would, also, b. An indl:.c*
tsx that would not be Ieis by a1S and would 6e
chte fully uaid. by our people, snd not be ieIt
by others who visit our city.
Let our City Council look 10 1t Tor our city
finances VIE sudly in neel OF all Inc revenue
which can b. fairly produced. Verbum sap.
X.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24
-sE - ~ =. SO iSE-

ALEXANDRIA MARKET, March N.-Under
large receipts, the Flour marke! is less Hct!ve,
and may be quoted at from - - ~: lower
We note sales of 200 hbls Eytrn St 562sS3 81.
Supers are in active request a. ls1n9'; Fine
81 50; Family dull. Wheat Is firm. sc noe
ssle; OF &c bushels white 1t 1873 Offerings OF
$50 bu.1cl. red, with salca ut lis, III, ~, L"
and .25 Corn active 1T HI advance 0! la2c ;
SALES nr $40 bu: n els mixed 1t SIS, s., 50 and 50,
and 10 bushels Of yellow It ST. Rye Gull. a.
bushels primo seed Oats sold &! zoe. Offerings
of SS bushels Corn Meal, ard sale: OF n portion
at g. Dressed Hogs are unchanged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24

The extensive stables OF the louisville City
Railway Company, and several frame build
ings occupied as liquor saloons and boarding
houses in the immediate neighborhood, were
burned Yesterday. Loss heavy fully Insured.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24
mh l9-eOts
BY Beck, Knox d Rerby, Aucenss
mood CHANGE TO But y HON L.


The subscriber will offer, at public s&!e, o.
MONDAY, April 18th, on the premises, .: Ii
O'Clock a. M, that desirable RES!DENCE Ell
LOT OF GROUND, No GS Fairfax street, al
Joining the corner of Duke st. it he: . goca
yard, with water; two stories ana ~ attic.
TERMS-One half cash; the residue in foua
months. The property in tn" meanwhile is y:
fored at private sale apply 30 WlLLlAM
F. CARNE, ca Duke street.
NH 19-eotf CHARLES
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24

a letter from the Treasurer OF the Chesa.
peake and Ohio Canal states that the receipts
during 1869 we're $376,S7 and tue amount on
hand SO eco.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24

La his message to the Maryland Legislature
upon the Metropolitan Railroad bill, Governor
Bowie makes the subject oftaxation OF railroad
property by the State, an especial point.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24
nv Beck, Knox. g. Kerby,

IReal Est4te Agents and AUctl0neeTs.
NOR SALE.-A desirable new FRAN :
& COTTAGE DWELLING, situated on the
north side of Pendietoa street, two doors css.
Of ST. Asapn street. Alexandria, Va; lot ID !re'
front by so feet deep. There arc on tho .c'
some worry fine peach and pear trees, grape
&C.: also, son.c choice flowers. The house cor.
tsins 4 large rooms and kitchen, with c~elt"-.-
a large wood and coal house is ut the fcot Q
the lot. This is d good property and is "EerG1
very cheap. If not sold before SATURDAY.
the I'd day of april mex it will on that deg, j.
front of the premises, at II O'Clock m be solo.
nerioct. For further particulars apply 70
o"GK. KNOX & KERRY,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24

A woman has been arrested in Detroit, char.
ged with attic nptiug to poison her " mother,
and with having poisoned two husbands.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24

PERIoDIcALs.-L. Scott & Co., New York.
have republished the March number Of Black
woods Magazine. Contents John-psrt Y;
Miss Austen and Miss Milford the ANITA gonlsm
of Race and Color; Esrl's Dene-psrt V tho
Opening of the Suez Canal In February Cor.
nelius O'Dowd the Passion Play in the High
lands of Bavaria. This is an interesting table
of contents.
We are in receipt every Saturday OF Littelrs
Living Age, which has an Interesting and well
selected miscellany from the last British Msgs-
zines and Reviews.
The African Repository. the journal Of the
American Colonization Society, (that noble en-
terprise to civilizs and christianizs Africa, and
to give q home to tho African race living in
this country is received regularly once q
month.
We have the advance sheets Of q forthcom.
inp work to be published by the National Pub
fishing Co.. written by J. b. Bcalle, of Utah,
untitled Life in Utah. or the Mysteries and
Cr;mes of Mormonism, and history Of the Nor
mon sect from its origin.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24

AN EMIGRATION ScHEME.-The Northern
Pacific railroad has q vast emigration sch enc
on foot. They have a land grant equivalent
to a strip Of land twenty miles wide from the
head of Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocear.
To stimulate emigration to these lands, and to
secure labor to build their road, the company
have ORGANIZED the g~raudest scheme of cEigra-
ton ever devised, aud they propose to send
Senator Schurz, ex.Srcretary McCulloch, and
ex. Governor Marshall to Europe to simulate
the desired emigration. They propose to offer
the emierant abundant employment in building
the road for the first year or wo after bis ar
rival. Thea when he has flushed his work Tor
the company he is to have a farm OF 40, so, or
lG0 acres, with a neat frame dwelling house
ready erected thereon. aud a lot Of reasonable
size fenced in, all at the expense Of the com.
pany. Tue terms of payment arc so long and
on 50 low interest, that they cannot prove q
burden 10 the poorest. 1t Is expected that The
surplus wages received for constructing the
road will stock the larm and provide the tools,
50 that every person employed 10 the c 'ns'ruc
tiou Of the road may, as soon as it IS finished'
90 to raising the crops, which it will bring to
The company will manufacture the
houses. b. the thousand, exac!ly alike.
DH TIC liSl tluS ''S VI Wv 'S"S
secured and d population on the limo OF the
road 10 furnish ii business. The idea is novel
and significant, and i cfecsuaiIy carried out vi |
bring wcath and development tn 81 lmtnenss
Of the northwest NeU York Com.
FA1LUR=s.-Tho New York Post says: The
failures have been reported OF the
jenkins. Vail y Co., dry goods com
and Hsvilanl, Lindsey & Co. dry
goods jobbe1s. As far as We hear the amount
paper OF the re!pectice houses held on the
e esrss' s i tsd sAt to the ]iailures a. imp u ltant,
says that in both Cases the heavy depretis-
OF values. resulting from the present fall
in gold, is assigned as the cause of suspension.
but adds that the amount of their paper held on
street is understood to be small. The same
etter gives the following in reg I'd to the mon.
~ MARKET: Bank officers, as a general thing.
;sy they do not anticipate that the preparations
or the April settlements will csuse any dis
urbance of the present ease.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24

A little girl only eleven years old, TT EIyra'
Ohio, recently, ut the hazard of her W litc'
rescued from drowning woman and her two
children, who attempted to cross the ice, and
broke through.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24

The legal voters Of Baltimore, to day, vote
for or against the subscription Of one million OF
dollars to the capital stock o! the Virginia Val
lev railroad. Avote will shortly be taken to
decide on the subscription to the Lynchburs
and Danville railroad.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24

|, is not always rccollected that the word
~''coru'' is used in the Eoglish produce market
reports 10 designate grain of various kinds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24
Foreign News,

In the British House Of Commons, yester'
day, the bill for the enforcement OF the law
in Ireland. was passed by q vote Of 425 against
l..
Some Of the officers Of the steamer Bombay
in their statements bef,re the Court at loko-
hama, have cudeavorcd to palIiate Capt;
Eyre $ condoct BY declarations that Gu board
the Bombay all hands were 50 concerned
about their ship that they made for shoal
water as quickly as possible,
Gen. Prim j. preparing for the trouble that
may arise from the conflict in the Government
aud Cortes ofSpsia. He has issued orders to
the army in that event to obey no orders that
do not come to them over his own signature.
Rochefort was on the stand to testify against
Pierre Bonaparte at Tours yesterday, and
gave his evidence calmly and collectively re:
garding the Princes letter, which provoked
the fatal collision.
A commercial panic prevailed at Buenos
Ayrcs. Several failures occurred and it was
supposed others would follow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24

VIII. n. BERkLEY,
No. "a King street,
Has just opened.
Figured and Striped Alpscss.
Plain and Figured Mou=linea.
Ginghams, Fancy Prints.
Cassilneres for men and boys wear, very
nice and cheap.
Cottons, Shaetings, Pillow Castings, Bleached
Cottons, &c e. with a great many desirable
goods Just bought at low feures,an which will
be sold at q great reduction Of former prices.
Give him q call. nh 19-eo3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24

A letter from Michigan says the snow there
is three feet deep, ard that there has been
sleiehing in the %pineries since the 18th of No.
vember. There has not been as much snow
as is here mentioned, in this section Of coun-
trv, all the past winter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24

The Maryland House of Delegates, yester'
day, by a vote of 81 to 80, defeated the oil
which, while continuing the usual rate OF IN
tercst at six per Ct, authorized agreements IN
writing for the payment of rate not exceeding
ten per cent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24

1t is said that Ben Scott, the pestiterous COL
ored man, in Richmond, who is always a con-
s~picuous character snd blusterer, and was one
of Mr.. Chahoon's special police, during the
recent difficulties, when wounded and captured
displayed the most ahiect and craven cowardice.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-24

The injunction case of Chahoon against Ell
Tyson was partially heard by Judge Underwood
in Richmond. yesterday. Gov. Wells opened
the argument. During the argument the Judge
expressed the opinion that the Enabling act is
unconstitutional. OF course.