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THE GRAND Jury.

Tho Grand Jury has adjourned, and In It's
report makes somo very excellent recommend
ations. Tic report confirms tho statements
which have been made public concerning tho
general insecurity Of tho County Jail, aud tlo
recommendation TINT tho weak points should
be strengthened, TINT tho cells should be
more carefully examined, and that tho guards
should DO increased, ought to receive imme-
tliate attcntion. With reference to gan-
bling, the Grand Jury algo mako some excel
lent and practicable recommendations, mud
one CT tlioso IL that the practico
OF assessing fines by tho Justices
OF tho Pence hhs n tendency to rotard tho
ends Of justice. There IL no doubt Of this.
In almost every instance these fnos are no1n-
inal, and are no punishment whatover, while
in tho caso Of corrupt Justices the gambler
escapes altogether. The facts In the cass aro
not brought out because the gambler pleads
guilty, knowing that In auch case the fine
will be a small one, and even II he should
not plead guilty, tho means for procuring tes-
timony ngo not exhaustive, and tho full guilt
of the prisoner Is not known. II, instoad of
flning them, they were bound over to appear
before the Criminal Court, tho whole testi-
,nol y in each caso would bo brought out, tho
facta would be thoroughly sifted, and pun
ishmcnt proportionate to the oGenso would
| be dealt out. Prosecutions before JusHces
Of the Pence aul the Imposition Of fines
have been in operation in this city for years.
aud have never Affected tho b,lxiness Of gam
bling in the slightest degree. Gamblers caro
nothing for Justices Of tho Peace or fines,
but they do dread prosecutions in the higher
| courts aud the ordeal Of Grand and Petit
Juries.
Tho tinal recommendation of the Grand
Jury, relative to the losses Of goods exposed
by retail doalers upon the sidewalks, Is moro
important than appears upon the surface.
Such exposures Offer IN iuducemont for crimo.
Tho butcher, for instance, hangs In front Of
1is shop tho juiciest anl most tempting bita
of meat Tho grocer covers tho sidewalk
with potatoes, eggs, buttes, md fruit, sone.
times 60 protusaly tlat 1t Is difficult to pxAa
along ths walk. The elothiar 1,anes ou1
, 1875-03-01

The Senate hnriug passed. tho House Civil
Rights bill without amendment, 1t now only
rottuires tho signature Of the President to be-
come 1aw. .Flnre is 10 question but it will
rcccivo this. The only vital objection to it
NJ n Inv, now that it has passed both Houses,
is its doubtful constitutionality, and this Is
mntter for tho Supreme Court and not for tho
President to pnsa upon. It ia a subject for
gonoral congrntulation, however, TINT 1t be-
comes q law at ti1no and in d shape when it
is calculated to OCCASION but little excitement.
Had it been passed when it was before Con-
greEs year ago, and with NIL tho pro-
visions it contained ut that time, it iB
not unlikely that 1t would have caused sori-
OTIS disturbance Mt tho South. At present its
effect will DO mnin1y political. 1t will bo
used OIL tho ono side to retain tho hold of tho
Republican, party upon tho negroes Of tho
South on tue other, to oxcite now opposi-
ton to tho Republican party among tho
whites.
After tho provision for enforced mixcd
schools Ind been eliminated from tho bill, it
became comparatively Insignificant mens-
tire, oven in the minds Of Southern people,
not likely to do much good or mitch harm.
The only rcason TINT could bo cited for it's
adoption was TINT given by Judge uoAn
in tho House, that it was n sort of Dec1ara-
tion Of Independence, affirming and promul-
eating rights TINT Ind alreGdy been secured
to tho black raco by tho Constitution, md of
which they may ayail themselves M BOON rs
thoir social and intellectual progross shnll
llayo caught mp with tho sudden change and
nmoliorntion OF their condition. Tho strongest
reason why it should not llave passed. is be-
causa 1t should be tho policy Of the nopub-
ple of the South rather than fight
them or keep alivo their old resent
mcnls, so long rs this can bo done without
sacrificing any Of tho fundamental principles
for which tho War waa wagcd. Az it is, VIC
do not apprehend that tho pnssago OF tho bill
will havo amy nppreciablo result one why or
the other,
Tho question Of tho constitutiona1ity Of
tho law iB now tho most interesting nnil inn
portant point in tho controversy. Senator
| CARPENTER, who spoke and voted against tho
| bill, predicted that tic Supreme Court will
hold tho law to be unconstitutional; md,
when question OF constitutionnlity is
involved, Senator CARPENTER il GER
tainly high authority md likely 10
be right. It would not DO surprising
It the first test-oaso on this question should
como from tho North; for, whi1o tho num-
bor Of people in tho North who now deny
any Of tho political righta of tho negro IL
very small, tho number of those who entcr-
tain social prejudiccs ia still very large. Tha
practice Of excluding negroes from tho public
.lining-rooms of first-class hotols md the
choice seats in first-clnss thcat1cs md operas
ID as general in tho North Ms in the South,
md testcaso is rs likely to 60 to tho supramo
Court on one Of these points from Chicago,
Boston, or New York, Ms it is frop Now Or
leans, Louisville, OF Richmond. At all evcnta,
tho issue is fortunately disposed Of until tho
Supreme Court elall tako it up for review.
, 1875-03-01

Somebody must stand from under; whether
Gen. TnAcY, or tho Herald aud Times, re-
mains to bo seen. Between thom, they layo
thoroughly aroused V1cTonIA Woopnu1L,
Who threatens dire vengeance in consequence
Of the reports IN tho lIeuld, Times, and
Brooklyn Eagle Of Gen. InAox'a argument,
IN which BAo ia characterized rs "tLe most
aotorioua prostitute etc.; whereas, in the
ssler published reports Of tho speech, this
!orm Of iuycctive IL materially modified. II
raAcY said It. she will hold him accountable ;
md, ii he was ,nisquotcd, SOME newspaper
libel suits are promised. In other case, the
wooDuu11 blood il up, and sho proposes to
'alk now, whether she is invited Or not.
, 1875-03-01

Tho Chicago produce maskcts wero gencr-
lily steady on Saturday. Mess pork was
sctiye aud declined 1890 per brl, closing at
kla.071-2 cash, and Sl8.40 for April. Lard
ras active nnl> shala oasier, closing at
$500 cash, and 51s.421-2 for April. Meats
Fere in fair demand and firm ut 5-so for
!houlders, $50 for short ribs, and 7~8o for
Ihort closrs. Dressed hogs were in demand
md firm, closing at VI. 7.eo@s.oo per 1oo ihs.
Highwines were actiye aud declined 10, clos,
ug sl.o5 por gallon. Flour was quiet a,1l
t11n. Wlt.A wa4 active aua s.oa1y, closing
, 1875-03-01

ut 81 $50 casl,, mud SO 7-so for April. Corn
was nctive and scntly, closing at G4 1.so cash,
mud Il lilo for Atay. Oats were active mud
tirmer, closing nt Is 3-se. Rye WAS quiet and
steady at os@99 1-oc barley wns active nnd
irregular, closing Mt 5l.12 seller March.
Hogs wera in good domand at steady
prices. s;a1es at $6.25@7.30. Tho cattlo
trado WIS quiet, with prices oasy. Sheep
were dull aud nominal.
, 1875-03-01

Mr.. TuoRsr having been expelled
from the North Caroli,n. Legislature
bccauGo ho did not believe in "the
God Of their Stnto Constitution" though
ho believed in Supreme Being, tho
Virginia Sonata 10 now called upon to expel
ono of It's members for a more practical Of
fsnsc. SAMUEL r. MADDOX, q member Of
the Senate, assigned his pay to J. AMBLEn
sA1rH, member Of Congress from 1sch-
n,ond, to cnnccl n debt. Notwithstanding
this assignment, Mr.. MADDOX drew Ills pay
an,l poclsctcd it, aud ho was tlioreupon ar-
rested for 'stealiug," found guilty on that
claargo, and sentenced to four months con-
finomcnt in tho city jail. Tho Court held
that the assignee had absolute ownership Of
the assigned pay, md TINT MADDOX stole the
money when ho took possession of it. And
now tho Eirginin Senate las Mr. MAppoxs
case under consideration.
, 1875-03-01

It is now proposed by tho Kansas Lcgis-
lnturo to distribute $4,000 from tho Stato
Treasury III the shape OF d 1oan to tho needy
counties, the money to bo divided according
10 tho degree Of dcstitulion aud tho inability
Of tho local authorities to take care of their
own ppOr,
, 1875-03-01
own poor,

The fourth and Inst Of q series Of interest
ing letters from q young Canadian gentleman,
well known in Chicago, is published this
morning under tho titlo, "a "Trip at Sea, !"
md embodying graphic account of stcan-
ship voyage from New York to San Fran
, 1875-03-01

Tho Communist farce, which tho Chicago
Times undertook 70 sorve up as sensational
mud bloody melotlrama, was completely
played out yestertlay. Tho masa-mocting was,
in the nsnin, composed Of respectable, orderly
citizens, who were present in The expectation
Of witnessing so,no excitement md LISTEN
ing 10 yio1eut speeches, but who
found tho ailair fiat anl unintercst-
ing. There wcro no bloodthir1ty ha-
rangnes, no indictments to an uprising. Tho
talk was OF tito harmless sort which tho pro-
fcssonal spccch,nakcrs hnvo found to bo tho
safest to indulge in just 1t present; and the
upshot of 1t NIL was that tho Common Council
il potitioned to make another movement on
tho treasury Of the Relief and Aid Society.
Tie Times cnn now pursue tho tapc.wor1n
topic to superb elinnnx, showing terrible
state OF internal commotion among the out
wardy calm Communists.
, 1875-03-01
Gl>e Gbms1un U2ibu11t.
Monday Morning, March /, 1875.

Tho position Of tho new Wisconsin Senator
with respect to the Republican parsy may be
considered rs settled. Mr.. CAMERON express
" authorizes the statement TINT he will net
h perfect record with the Republican side Of
khQ Sonata.
, 1875-03-01

Tho rumor TINT the Hon. j. D. Wand, OF
anybody else, is to have the benefit OF tho re-
movh Of Gen. MACARTHUR rs Postmaster OF
Chicago is omrhatically donica. No such re-
moyal is contemplated.
, 1875-03-01

M'vtcKKns TirEATRE-A1ad!scn street. between
Dearborn and state. Engagement o. Hoofeo eA~eott
kowp, i" Little Emily.
, 1875-03-01
TAXATION OF BANKRUpTg.

The following Illinois railroads have passed
into tue hands Of Receivers during tho last
six months, for the reason Of their Inability
to pay their way. Tho list Of miles includes
only so much Of tho roads O. lia within the
Stato of Illinois:
, 1875-03-01

MA1OSlC, CIarter. No. >, Il. a, 5l..
Hall = AonrGe.xt. Special canspcntion TIM tSlnn1sy]
evening, At ~ o'clock Tor work on tho 2. and a b. DO
pss' ~ os'e' u ''' 1' EN-. TUCKER, Sac.
, 1875-03-01

,tnorEY's THEATRE -nantotnh ssrsrt, tet*een
CLARK md LaBauo. slot fn London And '6"ias
2Hajp0.H
, 1875-03-01

ADEt.rf11 1TEEATnE-peasborn streat, eoEncr Mon.
100, YAriety entertainment.
, 1875-03-01
SOCIETY MEETINGS.

CHICAGO NCHFUat-Monsoo stfc7t. h4tTson Dear.
born end stats. "Aeser Too lAta to Afnt."
, 1875-03-01

GRAND orEnA.rOysE-C htseet npHntite
Sherman loaar, kclls non's Mlnstts's. "1hs eSHoa
OF Tho Kitchen"
, 1875-03-01

GLEN TLOnA-TI1E FOLLOWING TESTIMONIAL
-. = Hi :nd Grs.ssat si,ls 02Sr!sE ox szA't
d. r1ExH, Waakreaa Dear NJ: ! ha.s derived gss.t
Nats tlat Sccescd from you, Fnr tho pas eighteen
months hn.s bcen suffering with At.ossoIed
II qtne rsuanG continual pain and kn1lrt, and failed
n find rcll+t ftor medical crlpan, ff1n tho tirs
Nv waef ced atnI tnasie,l! and hopo TO hnd ~ y
rtIl IL kla 10 ave yau I'LL AMI q pn,sl-
bic. Truly 1ourss TltolAS ltEEtAASH.
, 1875-03-01

3otAl
Last September tho ssnts Board Of EQuali-
zation met in solemn conclave in Springfield,
md valued tho taxab1e stock and debts Of
some of these roatls as follows:
, 1875-03-01

CATTTION To NDUHTK KEETEHH.-{JNlNt THE
creSxns c+t of vanilla btAns used IN tle III
II K3tEaet Vanilla, spuru4 conpo!nds nro being fhrpWn
Pserarsd piinotpaly t5n Tong1a ns.a' tn; naats.
taonstn ;xr ~ much tho genuine .ni1la l?ran Il
an readily 10 dclected hy s oder. Il used principally
ne,ss intended 10 4t ~ ,aroix iel the .aton.
Extrurt ~ funa rtvparsd irn selected vanilla onAs
kpd Il warranted entlrdJ1sss trulu Ton4uA oc othot
itlnlar bubsAncG4,
, 1875-03-01

W1lnoRS COD LIVER OIL AND L1MF.-rER.
ros been takssE Cod Llsct 3' I'LL u
several gcutloncn canblnH tho pufd
iii and limo 10 such rannor thstt IL p!esfant to tho
many pegeas r9,s n esses " xo1o r., @ a
Tihnut srkol eject have can entirely cured h. using
tbs prria:atton He tnrr and gst rho Ynnuna Mann.
fscturttl Ly A. u. WlLE0fa Uhsmist, Daston. Bold "
Ill deurc ciatts
, 1875-01-02
THE "AVIS"
CHRISTIANSTED ST. CROTX,
SATURDAY 2ND JANUARY 1875.
sNIsr seNtu

The year 1874, with all ite speculations.
tribulations, anxieties and hopes, has gone
to join its predecessors in the dim region
OF the past. Nothing remains of it now
but the memory. Is that Memory plea
sant2 This question will, of course, be
answered differently by different indivi-
duals. Possibly no one is perfectly salts
fed with it. 1t may not be the worst
employment of our time to examine, if even
in a cursory manner, in how far our little
community has reason to be satisfied
with it or not. Having reached o conven-
tional hating point, we may be allowed,
in a few words, to subject the most pro-
minent features OF the past year, in SO far
us our island is concerned, to q slight
examination in the light Of the experience
gained during the year, even if the loose
sketch should be detective and faint, and
its utility none Not to be lost in too wide
Il field, we shall confine our remarks to
the material side alone. Have we, as O
community, done our best to improve
cur condition III that respect, or have we,
as usual, gone to sleep again after the
heavy rains, in the belief that all has been
done that could be done to further our
material prosperity? 1t would almost
seem so. Yet we hope that we are mis-
taken, and that the lesson we have had
during many years, most of all the last
three, has not been lost, but that we have
beenfully awakened to the fact that there is
danger in continuing in the old track.
Last year closed with the best hope that
we were going to take a gigantic stride
in the right direction during the year now
passed. The cry was universal for the
Improvement Of our staple, and bill was
unanimously passed in the Council to
enable the Government to institute the
necessary preparatory Investigations for
the erection OF Central Factories in the
island to supersede the present defective
system of the manufacture of the sugar
on which the prosperity of the island de-
ponds, and the introduction of q Credit
Association even was partially agreed
to by which it would be possible for plant
ers without the necessary means to
become shareholders, to a considerable
extent, in an undertaking which every
one then seemed to agree would be the
salvation of the island, which without such
a change, threatened to be another Tor
tola. At the time things looked gloomy
enough indeed. A bad crop was on the
ground. that of 1874, and there was great
doubt about the next. Whether this
state of things had any influence on the
comparative smoothness with which this
measure passed or not may be a subject
of dispute. We only record the fact.
which speaks for itself. The beginning of
IA = q oYt some showers, enough to
par stablish the new crop, and
in 'o-caVed little rainy season
n 80 were again favoured.
Investigations and nego.
, 1875-01-02

To the Editor of the " St CrOix Avis"
Mr.. EDITOR
La a leading article in No. 100 Of your
valuable paper, in speaking Of Governor
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-24
No Time for Anything.

The great difficulty in this country is,
that we have no time for anything. The
very walk Of an American shows that he is
in hurry. An Englishman buttons his coat
and gloves, and goes to business as delib.
erately as he goes to church. An American
business man flies after the car, struggling
with his coat sleeves as he runs, plunges in
head foremost, and plunges out at the end
without regard TO his neck. Chief amongst
our accidents stand those which occur be-
cause people jump upon flying trains, or after
departing boats. To wait ten minutes is
something not to be thought Of. Dinner is
not eaten, It is swallowed whole and when
one comes to the dessert he finds the fruit
was picked before it was ripe.
Everything is hurried through, from the
building Of house to the curing of ham.
The women who work on sewing machines
stop before they come to the end of the seam.
The dressmaker sends home your dress with
basting threads in it, aud no loops to hang
il up by.
There is none Of the slow, sure complet.
ness Of the old world about anything, and
even fortunes are made in hurry, aud lost
in the same way. If any man we know is
getting rich by the slow and patient process
of saving, be sure that he was not bora upon
this continent.
Yet people live as long here as they do
anywhere else, and the days are the same
length. Why is it that we have no time for
anything. MARY KYLE DALLAS.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-24
Other Peoples Homes.

al don't see what you find so attractive
about this old house I'm sure it is old aud
tumble down and poverty stricken" said a
lady friend to me once at whose home was
visiting. f...,...... ...-r.- ......s
sob, it is 50 different from other houses"
| said. at is so free from the old accumu.
lations, rubbish and litter, that infest farmers
houses in general. 1t seems roomy, airy aud
spacious, even your very attic has attrac-
tons for me. If you would let me do it, |
would like to sleep in the cot bed up next to
the roof among the dried herbs, aud if we
have one rainy night while l stay here l
mean TO do So"
My friend looked down and smiled as she
said, "Well, John would have this house
filled with useless rubbish if didn't watch
him. lie is one of those men who never
throws anything away. His boots are never
so worn out that he is willing to give them
up altogether, and his old hats are always
hung up and saved. If wooden pail falls
to pieces, he sets it aside carefully to be
mended some time; if an old umbrella is
broken badly he saves it for a gipsey to
repair, if barrel hoop is picked up, it is
slowed away in corner with rusty tinware,
broken harness, old lamps, leaky boilers,
craekedkettles, used up churns, bits Of boards,
log chains and such useless litter"
"Are you not afraid Of making him angry
by clearing away his valuable accumula-
tions p asked.
ooh, no" was the reply, "he soon forgets
about these things after he has put them
away. l watch my opportunity and burn,
bury, split and demoish all useless rubbish
at times when be is absent. You know it
would not be wise nor womanly way to set
my will up against his, aud scold aud growl
and say unkipd and uncalled for words when
there is better way" II II. @a0
This set me TO thinking My own house
was far prettier and larger, and had more
room than had this woman's, and yet we did
not seem to have half the room she had.
When 1 returned home, l told the girls
about my pleasant visit, not emitting to re.
late all the particulars, even to the eoziness
found IN Cousin Susy's garrett, with the old
rocking chair and the few cast aside books
| did not omit TO tell them with what avidity
| read a copy Of DOddridges Rise and
Progress, printed one hundred and thirty.
one years ago, nor how interesting had
found that old book, Saints Rest, both read
up in that dear, delightful cid attic.
The girls said, "What do you think
father aud GRANDMOTHER would say if we
took 'clearin' up spell
"Oh, they wouldn't know it if we'd 20
about it in quiet, sensible way" was the
reply
h And that was what we did ono day when
just the girls and i were alone. We burned
buried, split, poured out, hid, sold, gave
away, removed and renovated until the
house and the out-houses and the surround
ing premises wore delightful, roomy, clearly
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-24
Good Bye.

1t is hard word to speak. Some may
laugh that it should be, but let them. 10y
hearts are never kind. 1t is word that
has choked many an utterance, aud started
many tear. The hand is clasped, the
word spoken we part aud are out upon the
ocean oftime-we go, to meet again-where +?
God only knows. 1t may be soon, it may
be never Take care that your good bye be
not cold one--it may be the last you can
give. Ere you meet your friend again,
Deaths cold hand may have closed his eyes
and chained his lips forever. All he may
have died thinking you loved him not.
Again it may be long separation. Friends
crowd on and give you their hands. How
do you detect in each good bye the love
that fingers there; and how you may bear
with you the memory of these parting words
many, many days. We must often separate
Tear not yourselves away with careless bold
ness that defes all love, but make your last
words linger-give your heart full utterance
and if tears fall, what Of II? Tears are
not unmanly.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-24
Don't Wait TO be Asked.

Husbands, think how you would feel If
for every cent of money, for every ride 10
the free, pure air for every escape from the
close confines of four square walls, you were
dependent upon your wife. Would it not be
irksome to be obliged to ask for benefits aud
privileges rightly yours2
There are many wives who deny them
selves Of privileges which they might enjoy,
just because they dread this constant asking
Where aye lords Of creation" choose they
walk, they ride, they buy, they sell, aud no
one says, "why do ye so ?" but If their wives
wish to 60, they wonder why they say the
place for women is at home, as though that
we're the only place.
Now, friends, you sometimes say, 1--WE have
but one life to live +; it's no use to stay cooped
up on the farm all our days, let us try TO
enjoy ourselves" Did the thought ever
strike you that by easing others burdens we
obtain great enjoyment 2 Then don't wait to
be asked If you are going to ride, why not
ask your wife to accompany you? 1t will
do her good her life has many trials, which
her constant indoor life makes her less able
to bear. She seldom has an opportunity to
throw off the calling yoke of care and enjoy
to the utmost the pure air and sunshine, the
flowers and the sweet song of birds, and thus
gain new strength for her home duties. Aud
what if you should give her money without
being asked 7 it is her right. What hired
girl would do what your wife does2 Yet
the girl would receive wages without grum.
BILE from you. But few men give their wives
money sufficient for necessary expenses with
out being asked more than once, and then it
is given with growls of dissatisfaction This
is not true in all cases, but it is in many, as
some husbands, fathers aud brothers do not
always wait to be asked.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-24
A Kentucky Bridal Tour.

There came, one day, to little inland
town in Kentucky young rural couple who
had Just been bound by the "siken bonds"
Their destination was the depot, and the
bridegroom was evidently impatient for fear
the train should arrive before he could reach
the Office. Buying one ticket, they stood on
the platform until the train stopped. When
they catered the car the bridegroom found
his bride seat, kissed her most affection.
ately, babe her goodbye and, going out,
seated himself ON u box and commenced whit
Ting most vigorously. He watched the
train out of sight, regret depicted on his
face, when bystander, thinking the whole
proceeding rather strange. resolved to inter.
view him. Approaching him carelessly, and
chewing a straw to keep up his courage, he
said
"Been gettin' married lately ?"
ayes" said he, "me and SaIlio got spliced
this mOrnin'."
"Was that her you put on the train?"
"Yes;" with sigh.
"a likely lookin' gall" said our ques.
toner. Anybody sick that she had to go
away ?" ...-
"No;" and here he grew confidential.
"You see, me and Salie had heard that
everybody when they got married took bridal
tour. So told Sallie that | hadn't money
enough for both of us to go, but she shouldn't
be Knocked out Of bern. SO jest bought
her a ticket and sent her on visit to some
Of her folks, and thought might get some
work harvesting till she got back"
That afternoon found him busiy at work,
and when, in day or two after, Salie came
back, he welcomed her cordially aud affec.
tionately, and hand in hand they started
down the dusty road to their new home aud
duties.