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The Chanma (Romnaan0 said he could not part with the late onoableC Chairman, wo for
so long a time has been acting in thee Council without expressing gattude to him for the services
he has rendered the Council and the Community, for 1.-The length of time during which he has bestowed
his abilities sand energies on the duties o the Council Every man ina puHc situation will ONE
hmesh fall short of whath expected mm; it might thenb be bal also the late Chairman has in the
minds of Nne at Times fallen short; but one thing is certain, that's that no man could have ben
a better Representatives the Council THAN he has ben He has always benO foremost in avery
pubicm Interest the Island; he has lWaysh had afDumo&p atn all mohonste ending toward
the dVehpemeto fthaE Ind land is Inhabitants; all the m he 1.-THE Spmker could rmember not
only from his residence in the Island, but before hsc coming to the Island hereunecsh having always
seen heard oo our late honorable Chairman being leading and chve mani public affairs of this
INml he held fra length oft mea foremost position the former BurInrC Council then in tefrmer
Colonial Council md as soon as he came to r@de alternately in Chiginsed this Council took
the opormHyh eet him as its Chdman,a d as such he has uninerrptedy been acting till
now 1t was rt pleasure to him Ohe Speaker to feels osra he is that when NOW tede-
mg to the heC Chairman the best hanks and gratitude for past services be was only expressing
the unanimous wish oho Council
All the Members of 1.-THE Council rose from heir seats
1t Member for Fwdeikstd (S0ouv) thanked the hUOrabeC Chairman and the LENDERS for
their kind Gpegonst OwardS SHIN.
The Chairman continued and sale, that in the discharge Of the ute he had now been called
On to fulfill as the COunclsC har1nn, he felt sure, he too would sometimes fall short, not only of
what night be expected from him but likely also fhs duties; he could only beg the indulgence of
the Council and in very respect he would reckon on tes support of he Council
The ChamanM said he considered pest to make some deyahtns from the fixed order of the
Day. for this meeting and prWeed first will. such ates that do not admit of further postpone
mnt
ITO be- continued
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To the Editor of the "St. CrOix Avis"

SIR,
Permit me to record my dissent from
your view, as expressed in your last mum
Der, of the change that has lately taken
place in the Colonial Council, by the Coun-
CLIPS relieving the Hon. Judge Sarauw
from the office of Chairman. The business
of the Chairman is, if l am correctly in
formed, principally that the holder shall,
1st, regulate the business of the Council,
end, keep order, and 3rd, be a good listen
err. He is very often deprived of taking
an active part in the discussions, which is,
in my opinion, a serious drawback to a man
of Judge Sarauw's usefulness, and on several
occasions lately, when questions of import
ance have been before the Council, we
have been, to a certain extent, deprived Of
his services in a manner which has been
detrimental to the matter discussed. 1t is
certainly an honour to be selected by the
Council to occupy the position, but, I cam
not agree with you in thinking that his
sphere of action will be much more circum-
scribed'' now that he has vacated the Chair.
The electors of this town have every
reason to be rather pleased, than other
wise, that the Hon. Judge has been
relieved of the office, and is now simply
one of their members.
, 1872-10-16
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be made without detriment and if they
had been requisite and necessary before,
and SO much so that we had been obliged
to beg the Mothercountry for help, they
became all the more so from the Island
having suffered in the same manner, in the
one additional year Of Governor Bille's ad-
ministration. This should of necessity
have impelIed himself, and his Cabinet, to
bend all their efforts and energies Just
on that very task of carrying the
so often asked for, and so often
promised reforms into operation, which al
so was understood to be the special object
of his mission, or at least, to lay a solid
foundation for them, so as to contribute as
much as laid in him to render the unlucky
years less so. But, of course, 'yefoYms''
that tended in almost every respect to en-
tail increased expenditure on the commu-
nlty,-WhlIe it was distinctly, and empha-
tlcally, declared that taxation would I'M
dergo no change, except, indeed, to have
them increased where necessary to cover
the high eXpenditure,-Were not those most
suited to the circumstances, were not those
adapted to produce the desired effect, and
such, and only such extravaganza but use
less reforms were Matched and sent abroad
by Governor Billie and his Cabinet. Such
reforms, if they can be so styled,
must evidently, for that very reason, be
considered as not having been made, for
we may be as certain, as man can be of
anything hat has not yet happened, that
they will be undone or done over again
within a very short time. This, then, is
what Governor Garde no doubt intend
ed to imply by his words above quoted !;
and we may have reason to rejoice at it.
His longer stay in the Islands will afford
him an opportunity of taking moro than a
birds eye view of the plans marked out by
the self-styled Adviser Of Governor Billie.
He will have a better opportunity of iudg-
ing for himself what reforms are necessary
and requisite, in order that it may be said
that he has lone his to mitigate the suf-
tering, resulting from the unlucky years,
which are, unfortunately, the rule. Such
a course is, decidedly, the only allowable
purpose of legislation, We may, indeed,
view that very admission of His EXcellen-
cy, compared with those OF Governor Billie
and monitor, of the island having had an
unfavourabIe year-which from the point
of fiscal and crop returns we contradict;
but are ready to admit in all its force, In
regard to the political relations and inter
nal aspect of this Island-as indicating his
conviction of the necessity of doing m
thing or if the excuse originally advanced
by Governor Billie, and now reiterated by
Governor Garde, were correct and admis-
sible, then this poor island must look in
vain for those oft-promised reforms. The
one unlucky year may follow the other, in
rapid succession, Just on account of wise
legislation tending to better them being
deferred !; and the condition for doing any
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thing to arrest the retrogressive tendency
OF the Island wanting. His Excellencv.
being, as he himself says, a newcomer in
the Administration of these Islands, will
doubtlessly be offered advices, and sugges-
tlons from several quarters, some not wholly
tree from interested motives We earnest
ly intreat him for the sake of the success
of his own administration, and for the sake
OF the turtherance of the general welfare,
not to incline too willing an ear, without
hearing all parties, and considering all
sldes.-lti is much to be regretted that the
Press OF the mother-country has not evin-
ced greater interest in the political pro-
ceedings of these Islands indeed, it seems
that those respectable organs, which could
justly be said to be competent and useful
commentators on those affairs, have syste-
matically withheld from our fellowship
jects, in the Motherc0untry, such informa-
ton as they require to form an opinion of
matters and things here in general thence
the prevailing and lamentable ignorance
there of our affairs and administration, mani
testing itself on so many various occasions.
In no other European Country having Co.
%lonies, do we notice any similar neglect Of
attention and interest on the part of the
Press; and, as a consequence, on the part
of the great mass of the people. We need
hardly observe that we would esteem it
of no value or significance in the world,
however, to see our affairs subjected to
the kind of loose, must-say-something criti-
cism of our affairs, which may be noticed
in the Press of the sister-island, by which
o party purpose, or individual interests,
may be served, but from which no good
can possibly be accomplished.
With reference to His Excellency's re-
marks in regard to the Colonial Council of
this Island, it is but too true that thai bo-
dy has on several occasions been found
wanting in the proper discharge fits duty
towards the Community but, happily, it
can be said that there was a fraction, and a
not inconsiderable one, which not only OPP
posed many Of the iniudicious proposals
brought forward, but which also asked for,
and persistently urged such reforms as
they considered suitable and necessary
but their exertions were unfortunately rem
dered nugatory by undue pressure OH GER
tain flexible cOmponents Of the Council.
It is far from being the case, however, as
represented by Governor Billie, and now
reiterated by Governor Garde, that the
Council has preferred to wait for the in
tended reforms until that very indefinite
period mentioned above for the Council,
or at least, a great portion of its Members,
have urged reforms Just as a condition for
the improvement Of the income and state
of the Island.
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GEsEa'TE. "
Strisiiaa5trG, 81. Sroiz.
WEDNESDAY, 10TH OCTOBER 1872.

His Excellency Governor Garde in his
Introductory speech in the Colonial Coun-
Gil on the 9th instant, stated that in the
past year not SO many of the anticipated
reforms nave been effected as had been eX-
pected, but that that was owing to the
year having been so unlucky for the Island,
which circumstance also accounted for the
Councils desire to wait for those reforms
until the income and state Of the Island
should allow the contemplated changes
Now, we can very we'll understand that
the successor of Governor Billie would, as
a matter of consequence, seek to offer an
excuse for him in reference to the I'M
toward nature Of the reform-steps he had
commenced, and also in reference to the
non-performance OF urgent and practicable
reforms at the same time as others OF du-
bious interest and negative utility had been
carried into effect, directly against the
wish of a part of the Council. But We
and this is endorsed by a large majority Of
the respectable and intelligent inhabitants
cannot admit that the cause Of that
wrong turn in such of the reform-works as
were accomplished, or the non-pertormance
OF others that were necessary, but lett UNI
done, can be attributed to the state of the
Island and its finances. The crop was just
being reaped at the time Governor Billie
commenced his administration, and the
handsome yield Of the soil, and profitable
returns of the produce that year, gladdoned
the hearts, and d~iscncumbered the minds,
not only of the producer, but of all. The
acting Vicegovernor, and Governor Billie
himself, dwelt repeatedly Oh that favour
able state of the Island as a co9ent reason
for carrying out neutrality-suspicious. and the
like, which have afterwards been found
perfectly unnecessary and inadviSabIe.
The surplus revenue proceeding from that
favourable, but alas! exceptional year,
was urged, inconsistent as it was, and Is,
with principles of good sound political
economy, as an excuse or q ~rear-guard tor
an immense deficit in the budget submit
ted. And, besides that, the year 1872 IT.
self, with it's poor crop, has after all not
been so very far below what Governor
Billie in his mathematical calculations con-
sidered as requisite to yield the amount OF
public revenue necessary for carrying on
the administration he deemed advisable.
Be this, however, as it may, it was not for
the lucky aud favourable year or years that
reforms and changes were required, and
had to be made it was, on the contrary,
as every body knows, just on account OF the
many past uulucky years that reductions
were so urgently demanded, wherever
they could, in the opinion OF the people,
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store and Was called Doctor He VA,
supposed To be rich Rose Welded Mnd
married the doosor fler ideas were ~.
travsgan; and he WA. penurious. She ran
up bills, and kept gay com pany. and at III.
end Of six months he sned for n divorce -
She put in a claim for 500 month nil
mony. The case dragged. and was thrown
ont OF court and hauled ia again. and
made much scandal, aud in The meantime
the doctor paid SIS month i.r biz wife,
keeping at the clearinghouse OF Mr..
Jones Finally he got divorce and tL.n.
died and Was found To be worth only r,
5p The Young widow married a iavy.r
named MaeKiuley, who bore with he,
wnl'us a. long a. he could and then r-j
TO New York a a hiding place from hi.
wife The quairoon followed. but neve,
succeeded IN winning him again to her bo-.
som She long since ceased to srieye over
the loss Of her husbands. and found cuu-o-
laton ia the doctrines oi re. love She r..
turned to California, IA 4 the newspaper.
raked mp these scraps of history asalns,
her
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The indian at Home.

4 correspondent writipy rro,r C,,,,,b,,.
beyond Omaha. ON the Pacific R.,l.oa,
saws:
At Columbus we found 40" rho ..,o-
hle red man, the son of line ,o-..,. n.
WA, here in yari,ns t,rr,s.o,-;...,
pooscs, and .auaws rbe Pawn. Pa
strvation'' is only twenty milo. f-,,, 81.
town. and This .xrlai,. ,yhv Tia t..i...
are seen here IN greater u,n,Lors ,ta.. :.
places more to th. eastward rh.I..l..
gather around over, ,r.i,, onI n.a'..,..
each with a u,rnon.. -, L.r
rowed one. GOOD ua,,r.il, .,r;.:, 49,.
They use hut few WORT. Ian, H.. H..
oite, r.re., ,p,,,,,,.. L:
give il IN her ..,,,,,.,...
rive it to her Tn. India, .,,.,..-
better ADVANTAGE tL. C,r,Io- -.
him "Di.,,,c,. l.,.l- .,..i.a.,.
A. Indian. a,,,..,, non. ........,
,,.tin,. tj,,., ,,.....,.t.i..,
cn,,lcj .xbiI;,;... -, l,.,..... =,
var. ,,.o,,,.,,I
tent- came. ,I,.. ,i,,, l',,o.., .-
,rain ono li,,lo t...i;.. -,
ye,,r, oil h,j c.,.,,,, aI.,,I.-,.,i '
tied !, npon her hock ,ha, .ha 49, 'I,' "''
po.. ,,i.,I, ..Il IN, cup
Dp,,r,.,.,.--,I.;,,,, ....
TIN. I,,,li.,,-. A.. :;
hi,h ..,iu,,i,o g., Ella ,...l-
,,J opr con3,o,a- L,l.
been uuaII. t,I, h. H., ,.a... -,
Tell ,rhat an Ina; ,y.. 81 g.
The Indians have c.,..i ,o -Lo. ~
hostility 10 the railroad. o,r, 49,
lieye. hnye they atre,,u,.J IN ,ir..,, .r....
I a,uo ON these n,.n. oo,o ,i.ov -
the Track and inns threw afr, fr.i,,n,,-.;
Au.rw.rl, III. olI chief ,yLo .I7j :, ~,
pixiueJ that he summed ,b.,;,b.,o
,I,.. trail i, .,,. ,i.,..i,. :!
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To the Evening wind.

Spirit that breathest through my lattice thou
That coorst the twilight Of the sultry dayi
Gratefully flows thy freshness round my bro "
Thou hast been out upon the deep at play,
Riding all day the Wild blue waves till now,
ROughening their crests, and scattering hi gt
their spray
And swelling the white sail. | welcome thee
To the scorched land, thou wauderer Of III,
sea.
Not alone-a thousand bosoms round
Inhale thee in fullness of delight;
And ianguid forms rise up, and pulses bound
Liveler, at coming Of the wind of night;
And langushing to hear thy welcome sound.
Lies the vast inland stretched beyond the
sight.
90 forth, into the gathering shade. go FORTH
Hods blessing breathed upon the fainting
carthl
Go, rock the little wood bird in his nest.
Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and
rouse,
The wide old wood from his msjeetic rest.
summoning, from the innumcrabie boughs.
The strange deep harmony that haunt hi.
breast.
Pleasant shall be thy wsy where meekly
The shutting flower, and darkling water. pass.
And where the o'ershadowing branches sweep
the grass.
'Stoop DER the place of graves, and softly sway
The signing heritage by the cleaning stone;
That thoy who near the church yard willow
stray,
And listening in the deepening gloom alone.
May think Of gentle souls that passed away,
Like thy pure BREATH into the vast UNI
known,
. sent forth from heaven among the sons Of men,
And gone into the boundless heaven again.
The faint old man shall lean hi- silver head
To feel thee; thou shalt kiss the child asleep.
And dry the Dodstened curls that overspread
His temples, while his breathing grows more
deep;
Ant they who stand aroand the sick man.
bed,
Shall joy to listen to ths distant sweep.
And softly part his curtains to allow
Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow.
Go-but the circle of eternal change,
Which is the life Of nabsrc, shall restore,
With sounds and scents from all thy mighty
range,
Thee to thy birth place Of the deep once
more;
Sweet odours in the sea air. sweet and strange.
Shall tell the homo -siok mariner Of the shore.
And, listening to thy murmur, he shall deem
lie hears the resting leaf aud running stream
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PHILIPS LOTTERY TICKET.
BY LITTLE IoNs BODY.

The following little story contains good adj
vice for the young idea or the day. II will
please our junile readers.-fEr,ao'.,i. jour
aai.
Philip and had been playmate. from
Nancy. Our mothers had been girls to-
gether, and our fathers had wooed and
"on their wives in the same town. and
led them to the alter the same day. Bo,h
couples stsrtod for che far West-wbich
Tas chen anyN here west Of the Hudson
River, for my story begins when we were
children, and AIN man now fifty year,
old
Our parents novel into town partly
cleared up Ny father designed to be a
farmer, while Philips father was me
chanic. had five sistcr-. all Younger
Than myself and Philip had three brotl er-
and one sister. the latter the younge.t of
the family | do not know how 1t han
rened but We were each named after our
a,bers, with the addition of our mothers
suaiden name. Ny father bore the name
~ solomon F,,h and nay mothers name
before her marriage being Mile. was
cLristenod solomon Niles Fish. and NV
playmate. Philip Power GolIuooI
We were the best OF friend. until We
were twelve year. OLD when Mr. Gold
wood received some advertisements
through the ro-i-oilicg that tolI Of - Won
Iarful f,tfs~v fiot go. De-. ....... . 3D.
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we raised were sold to pay taxes and in
terest. and the little that remained went
to buy our winters supply Of cloihe-
school-book- and other needful articles
The Geldwoods did not seem to feel the
straits Of the season. Philips father
built houses all summer, aud the owners
OF them turned every thing they could into
money TO pay the builder We noticed
that they papered their house. which WA.
one OF the luxurie- that lew in our Town
could afford. Philip had a new suit ,hro
out AMI II was said it was bought with
The interest OF tie prize money. Winter
school commenced and cannot tell which
OF us vas the more to blame. ut PhIlip
aud did not Seem to be on a. good term.
as formerly. Perhaps ! was little envi.
Gus OF his good luck, aud lie somewha.
proud of it,
See here, said lac one day before com
mence'i, 81 would change my name it
were you. People do make fun OF your
fathers foolish speeches. suppose he
thinks lie is as wise A. old solomon. and
as big II prophet az there ever was Next
year would hire out somew here and earn
money and buy another ticker You'll
draw something sure next time.
at Il my duty to stay and help father,
| replied
Couldn't you help him more If YOU
drew big prize? | tell YOU those sister.
want lots of things my only one does
and g'rIs can t earn anything and so he
went on, halt-beIieving what he said
and the next moment angry for listening
at all.
81 say continued he, "whcn the teach
er ak you Your name, tell him il
Miles"
The idea struck Inc a. being good one
Tor ''"s wise as Solomon, did not sound AS
agreeable 10 my ears As | could wish. So
when the teacher came aroun mex, dny.
gave it 10 him in a firm voice Will.
looks OF surprise and some tittering among
the girls expressed their wonder or sppro-
val, hardly knew which.
"M-i-l-e-s Fish, bawled ont the ros.lv
of the school, AS soon as We were let out
Mt recess. That is the lougc-, string O,
fish Tor short one ever sao, confined
he
Somehow, Philip get angry with me.
and called me Miles OF Fish" and in the
afternoon recess there was riutei in red
chalk on the side OF the school house
these words:
Miles q Fish, Prophet"
knew, and so did all the others. that
no one had red chalk but the builder s.on.
and no one coul PRINT as well a. he
walked in sile"ce homeward, and in.,
a' ! opened the gate. little Ella. who had
shared my SPECIFICS walk aud grief. pit
mp her face TO mine, and said that dear
sentence Of hers;
%" won care when ron get hir
Tears came, tie first nj shed tbs,
day
Time passed on aud was sixteen
Philip had bought number Of lottery
tickets with his extra change, hut he J,-,
thanks only. lie still talked of b,lr, q
merchant, and there was not bow or ,.r.
but thst expected 10 see the cold-leti.,et
sign Of + = Goliwooi a; some future tim.
the Co bad been long since len on
Twenty one found us both roiu., out INTO
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.st Notice.
10LANTERS will please come forward and
4 settle for fortlliaers, before the FIRST
OF DEOEMBER NEXT.
COPELAND d BEARDEN,
COLUMBIA, November 15, 1879. Nov 16 I5+
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Carriages
HH A LARGE STOCK of TOP and
;923aHSOPEN 9.S:.sOPEN BUGGIES, ROCKAWAYS,
OF English Dc g Cart, for sale at very reason
abba prices, at the Repository, corner Lady
and Assembly streets.
Nov II W. X. GREENFIELD.
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Desirable Residence for salo.

As THE slcsirab'n ono and q half story
f#H p"FI LIMO, located on the South. weht
~cnrer OF Lady and Marion streets. IN
offered for sale. The house has all the mo-
d:rn improvements, with q Manaard roof.
mo lot contains half an acre. For terms.
apply,n T. nj pOII.OCK
hV!i q
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ATLANTA, GA. smber Is, 1872. 3

EDITOR PHasn: OF September z, we
received letter with an advertisement
TO architects, asking for Rlans for q new
court house, enclosed) from Mr.. John 81,
Bryant, Chairman OF County Board OF
commissioners, soliciting plan from u.s.
and to be in by the 1st of October fol.
lowing. We at once began 6 set of
drawings. and by hard work, succeeded
IN forwarding them 80 as to be in by the
proper time. We expected that Ger.
talniy, after one weeks deliberation as
to the best plan, we would be notified as
70 the result; but accidentally We no.
Mced in the PHOENIX an advertisement
extending the time to the 18th Of Ooto-
Der. Shortly after, we saw again in the
fHGNIx that the plans of Mr.. Hewetson
had been selected. Now, then, we do
not complain of the merits or dement's
OF Mr. b. g plans; but we wish to ask,
i, asss- soliciting as to make plans, that
We wrote twice to Mr.. Bryant. never re-
oeiving any answer, either as to receipt
OF plans. extension of time, or final
award and adoption OF Mr.. Hewetson's
plans. and to-day, one month since the
a,oa,d, our plans arc still in the posses.
sion OF Mr.. Bryant, and we can neither
hear from them, nor are our plans re-
turned-we ask, if this is the proper way
to do business? We think not. We
also think it shows great want of cour-
tesy on the part of. Mr. Bryant and his
committee. Respectfully,
PARKINS & ALLEN, Architects.
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The damages sustained by the Ameri.
cans on the Mexican frontier within the
last six years are estimated at Sc, ,O00,-
goo. Besides this, over 800 American
citizens have been killed by Mexican
marauders. all the facts touching this
destruction of life and property, will ap-
pear in the forthcoming report to Con-
eress.
The "Digger Indian" in Barnum's cir
Gus leaped down from his stand while on
exhibition at Elizabethtown the other
day, and gave negro who had insulted
him O sound drubbing.
A. Minnesota man undertook to kill his
old rooster and chopped his own wrist
on, while chandelier still survives to call
hin up in the morning.
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For Rent.

Ia THAT large and commoGious STORE
B;::T now o. cupicd by Mcssrs. Por. er d Steele.
2sE Posscsri"n given the 1st OF October.
sor terms "4bireo OF G. DIERCKS.