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giluting.
Recollections of a Relieving Officer
8150
DESPERATE DERMAS
Mr. Jones and I .were chatting about re
fractory paupers.
"You don't remember 'Desperate Debo
rah,' do you sir?" asked the Relieving Of
ficer. "But you would not though," he
added. "She was before your time. A
beautiful creature she was, most certainly!
I never had to deal with one like her, and I
sincerely trust such another may not arrive
while I'm Relieving Officer."
"What's become of her?"
"06, she married at last, and ie now liv
ing quite as a lady, over in Tarnsey yonder.
Her poverty was brought to a close in a
most singular manner."
"Let's have the story, Mr. Jones."
Well, sir, it's not a very long one. De
borah Tomkiusou was the daughter of a
very humble shopkeeper in Bramblestone,
a widower. Who John Tomkinson
and where he came from, nobody over knew.
He was an elderly man, very reserved and
very cross. Only one man ever had the
boldness to ask him for particulars of him
self, and Tomkinson replied by catching
the man by the throat, and nearly stran
gling him. No one, after that, put to Tom
kinson any similar question. Well, Debo
rah was his daughter. She was a wonder
in two ways. First, she was a perfect gi
antess, fully six feet high, and broad in pro
portion, and her arms were like a strong
blacksmith's. Secondly, her temper was
the most violent you can imagine. The
least thing sent her into a frenzy, and she
would lay about her, right and left, in a
way to demolish everything around her.--
She and her father quarrelled fearfully.—
AU the people in the town knew and dread
ed her, and she came to be called "Desper
ate Deborab,"—not in her presence, though,
I should remark. I scarcely think there
was a man in the place who would so have
styled her within her hearing.
The father died; Deborah was left desti
tute. One day she made her appearance at
the Union Office. I was out. Mr. Flack
attended to her.
"I want relief."
"Sorry it's come to that, Deborah," re
plied the A.ssistant, mildly; you must ap
pear before the Board on Thursday. Do
you need anything in the meantime ?"
"Of course I do. I want bread, and meat,
and beer. De I look as though I lived on
air?"
"Can't say you do, Deborah," replied Mr.
Flack. "Well, I'll give you a half-quartern
loaf, just fur the present, and when Mr.
Jones—"
•"Givo me a half-quartern loaf!" scream
ed the young lady. "What's the good of
that? Come, I must have half-a-crown !
Oat with it 1"
"Now, Deborah," urged Mr. Flack, gen
tly, fur there was no help handy, and he
was but a little man; "be reasonable. Take
the bread, and, as I've told you, when Mr.
Jones—"
"Give me the loaf," she interrupted.
"There, there's a nice one," said Mr.
Flack, with a sickly smile, taking one (ram
of a very high shelf, which he reached by a
ladder, and handing it to her.
"Thank you; I am so grateful," was De
borah's reply; and as she uttered it, with
one bound she was over the counter.
"That shelf wants an ornament," cried
the gentle member of the fair sex. "It shall
have one;" and, in an instant, she had Mr.
Flack in her arms, and had deposited him
on the shelf whence he had taken the broad.
And there, as she had removed the ladder,
I found him, on my return in the course of
a few minutes, nervously peeping over, after
the mariner of a very young kitten, not yet
able to jump.
But this was only the beginning. De
b.irith the Desperate had now declared war
against the Union authorities, and she car
ried it on with vigor. filer mode of con
ducting war had thin leading characteristic
—"Strike the enemy at all times, and under
all cireunistancov." • She no-sooner caught
sight of nnylwdy hiving any connection
with the Union, than she' made after - 41m;
and ai a battle with her was not to be con
templated, if it could be avoided, the enemy
invariably sought safety in flight. I remem
ber my extreme astonisaueent'at seeing, on
the Wednesday prior to the Thursday on
which she was to be examined by the guar
dians, a highly respectable guardian, nam
ed Tuurneville (a Frenchman) truttingalong
the street, gasping, groaning, and:ejacula
ting, in manner quite frightful. I tried to
stop him, inquiring the cause of his pertur
bation.
"Go away, go away I" he shouted, vehe
mently. "Not stop me, dear Mr. Jones,
not stop me;" and he plunged forward like
a madman.
I looked round, and saw Deborah in the
distance,. and—well, I don't mind owning
it—l was out of the way in two seconds.
I had an appointment with Mr. Tourne
villa, that afternoon, at the Union House.—
Instead of keeping it, he sent me a note,
which ran thus:—
"Dear Sir: I am quite precluded by cir
cumstances from coming to you. Please
come to use. You will find the back gate
''Trolv yours,
"J. Toss?" Emu,"
open
"Very odd!" thought I, as I trudged
°Ter. "Why should I go in the back way.
I wonder!"
"NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1861.
'The moment I was in the house, its mas
ter clutched me by the arm.
"Haven't been out, not one yard, since
the morning," he said, in a subdued tone.
"Not ill, I hope," I said.
"No, not sick," he replied; "but, but,
look here—see what you see."
I looked from the front window, and, not
far
,off, I descried the terrible Deborah, evi
dently keeping a lynx eye upon the house.
"Just you read," said Mr. Tourneville,
and he put into my hand a dirty scrap of
paper. "This was left hero this day."
I read as follows:
"Villin I—l yer you have been torking
again me. When I sees you, I'll have a
little parly woo with you.
"Servant,
"Dzsoas.u."
The next day she was had up before the
Board of Guardians. I remember there was
a great discussion as to whether we should
not forego seeing her: but we wore ashamed
of the laugh which would arise, if in her,
case, we deviated from our rulo.
"Hero we are; twelve men," observed
the Chairman, "and there's the porter out
side. Surely we can manage one woman."
So Miss Deborah was ushered in. I know
we all quaked at the sight of her. She
seemed in excellent health, and had she
been of the other sex, her vast dimensions
would have excited extreme admiration.—
She gazed at us defiantly. Mr• Putts, who
was sitting close to where she stood, remem
bered some instructions which ho ought to
have given to his servant, and left us.
"Well, Deborah," cried the Chairman,
good humoredly, "what can we do for you?"
"What's the good of that sort of talk ?"
was the disdainful 'nun ter-qneetion. "You
know what I want, well enough. Mind ye
make no game of me now; I ain't at all in
a mind to bear it." And she looked at us
much as a giant might look upon a saucy
schoolboy, who was nettling him.
"There, now, don't be angry, Deborah,"
said the Chairman.
"Thea you please to talk reasonable,"
replied the damsel, with dignity. "I'm as
quiet as a lamb, except I'm aggravated."
"Just so, Deborah. Well now, I think if
we give you two and six-pence a week,
you'll be able to get on."
"Nut enough."
"Well, but, Deborah. we have heavy
claims upon us; you'll earn something, you
know."
"No work. Say three-and-six-pence."
Now, "Dosperate Deborah" had behaved
very well to this point, and if left to be dealt
with exclusively by the Chairman, would
have been satisfactorily disposed of; but, un
luckily, there sat in the corner, at the furth
est distance of anybody from our excitable
customer, a guardian of the name of Rub
bles, a touchy, testy man, who must needs
chime in, as follows:
"My good woman, you know you can eith
er take the half crown or leave it, just as
you like. We can't stop here all day dis
cussing the point with you."
The Chairman groaned audibly. "It's
all up," he whispered to me. "We're in
fur it."
And so wo were. I saw Deborah's eyes
glisten. The guardians shuffled uneasily
in their seats.
"And who are you, pray P" screamed
the playful maiden, her arms working, her
fingers twirling, and her head nodding, in a
manner truly ominous.
"Now, Deborah," interposed the Chair
man.
"Oh, yes; its 'now, Deborah,' indeed.—
Better call me 'Desperate Deborah' at once.
Al I I know what you call me. And as fur
that skinflint in the corner there, out of this
room I'll not go, until I've let him see what
Deborah can do. So here goes."
"Upon my word, sir," continued Mr.
Jones, "it is no figure of speech to say that
the seep, which opined beggared all des
cription. The yount,, lady made
first a furious flange to reach 34,, Rubbles;
and it would hive served hint right, for his
thoughtlessness, to have surrendered him to
her. But'vre, nevertheless, interposed, and
a general fight ensued. And for a minnto
or so the twelve men actually got the worst
of it. Fur, you see, the frenzied woman
pummelled into es,with her fists,, while we,
although writhing under her blows; forbore
doing More than endeavoring to restrain
her. The yells from the taßfortunat, dozes
of men who were this being ruthlessly
pounded were absolutely dreadful. Some
how or other, Deborah's bare arms always
slipped flour our hold, and then the released
members inflicted blows upon her nearest
fuel, which would have delighted the heart
of a prize-fighter. , At length, the porter,
who had comet) our aid, ungallantly grasped
the enemy's legs, and Deborah descended
the floor with a force that shook the build
ing, But to keep her prostrate was no
small difficulty, and, in despair, we were
ultimately obliged, until farther assistance
arrived to—l am almost ashamed to say—"
"Sit upon her, I suppose, Die. Jones."
"Well, that was actually the case: There
was actually no other mode of doing it."
"And what was dime with her after
wards'••
'Oh: we had her up before the magistrates
and she bad ten days' imprisonmeet with
hard labor. Her time ended, she came out
as brisk as ever, and was taken into the
workhouse. There, one day, she found her
way to the master's apartments, captured
his good lady, whom she discovered alone,
carried her to a coal-cellar, and locked her
p; and to release her, such a. contest en-
sued, that it really appeared as though a
life or two would be lost. At length, how
ever, Deborah found her master, and; strange
to say, she did so in a little man, whom you
would have thought she could crush with a
hug.
"There lived at that time, in Bramble
stone, a young carpenter, named Spivil. lie
used to be called Lucky Frank, from the
circumstance that, though not particularly
clever, industrious, or persevering, he jog
ged on the world much more comfortably
than his fellows. Good things, that he nev
er expected, seemed to be always falling in
to 'Lucky Frank' This enviable person
was one day standing talking to me at the
Union counter, when Deborah, who had
been discharged from the house a few days
previously, walked in. She was evidently
in a mischievous mood, and the first thing
she did, was, as Frank was a little in her
way, to take off his cap, and fling it into
the street. Frank said not a word, but
fetched his cap, and on his return he be
stowed a slap on Deborah's bonnet, which
entirely altered its fashion, without trouble
to the bonnet-maker. The result was a fu
rious battle. I need not trouble you, sir,
with the elevating details. I didn't inter
fere, and in a few minutes the contest-end
ed in Deborah being stretched on the ground.
It was a marvellous victory for Frank. his
usual fortune, of course, came to his aid,
and instead of bebsi, reduced to a jelly, as
might have beep expected, he stood a vic
tor. Deborah got up quietly, and walked
away.
"It might have been ten days after this,
when the news reached me that Frank and
Deborah were going to be married. I was
utterly astounded. I couldn't help seeing
Frank . ; and remonstrating with him. He—
'Lucky Frank I'—to be entering into such
a preposterous alliance.
"'But why not!' ho asked calmly.
"'Mercy on mel' I exclaimed. 'You must
be mad even to think of it.'
"There's nothing against her but her
temper, and she is such a wonderfully fine
woman! Yet, you know, I mastered her.'
"Here was the secret. The giantess was
an object of unqualified admiration to little
Frank; and then having conquered her in
the struggle had so delighted him, ho was
always thinking of her, and at length came
to feel an odd.sort of affection for her.
"'But is she willing to have you?' I
asked.
4 6 4,he doats upon me,' answered the los
er. 'She's told me that the very moment I
had her on the ground, she felt I was the
mau fur her, and she could do anything for
me.'
"'Well,' I said, inwardly marveling at
this new instance of the strange workings
of Cupid, 'I hope and trust that the nest
person wanted after the priest won't be the
coroner.' And with this ungracious remark
I left him.
"They wore married. The whole neighbor
hood deemed Frank a lunatic, but he had
his way. lam bound to admit the truth,
there was nothing against Deborah but her
temper; and after the marriage, I was told
she had much improved. and that she and
her husband agreed admirably.
`•One afternoon, at the expiration of a
month, I was informed a gentleman, a so
licitor from London, wished to speak to me.
Ile came in.
•"llave you a young woman in your work
house named Deborah Turapkinsour he
asked.
"'We had, a short time ago,' I replied.
'ller name is now Spivil. • She is married
to a carpenter, whose shop is at the end of
the next street, on the left.'
•"Oh ! very well; that's all right. Bless
my heart ! what a deal of trouble I've had
over this affair.'
"'May I ask its nature:'
"'Yes; it's no secret. This young wo
man, I take it, from information I've re
ceived, is the only daughter of a man named
John Tomkinson, who lived hero.'
" 'J ust so.'
"'Well, that Tumkinson was brother to
a deceased client of mineTtunes Temkin
son, of London. It seems the brothers quar
relled•in early life, and all communication
ceased between them. My client, an old
bachelor, is recently dead, and in his will
be leaves to his brother, or child, or chil
dren, all he died possessed of, value, say five
thousand pounds. I thought fur awhile that
the whole would go to the Crown; but, luck
ily, I stumbled on a clue to John Temkin
son's movements, ascertained the place of
his death, and hero I em."'
"Lucky Frank! sir," said !Ir. Jones, in
conclusion, "I believe be has really an ex
to:silent wife, - and every source of quiet hap
piness. You should hear the goOd-natured,
kind-hearted Mrs. Spivil laugh over the
reoollee.tions of 'Desperate Deborah l'"
A Thrilling Incident
Near the hamlet of Moe, on the hank of
the Bhine, not far from Bonn, there yet
stands the mill which was the scene of the
following adventure:
One Sunday morning the miller and his
family set out as nand to attend divine ser
vice at the nearest church in the village of
Beassel, leaving the mill. to which the
dwelling house was attached, in charge of
his servant-maid, lianchen, a bold-hearted
girl, who had been sometime in his service.
The youngest child, who was still too little
to go to church, remained also under her
care. As Ilanchen was busily engaged pre
oaring dinner for the family, she was inter-
rupted by a visit her admirer, Heinrich
Bottaler, he was an idle, graceless fellow,
and her master who knew his character
well, bad forbidden him the house; but
Hanchen could not believe all the stories
she had heard against her lover, and was
sincerely attached to him. On this occa
sion she greeted him kindly, and not only
got him something to eat at once, but found
time in the midst of her business to- sit
down and have a gossip with him, while ho
did justice to the fare set before him.
As he was eating he let fall his knife,
which he asked her to pick up for him; she
playfully remonstrated, telling him she fear
ed, from what she heard, he did little
enough work and ought at least to wait on
himself; in the and, however, she stooped
down to pick up the knife, when the treach
erous villain drew a dagger from under his
coat, and caught her by the nape of the
neck, griping her throat firmly with his fin
gers to prevent her screaming; then with an
oath desired her to tell him tritere her mas
ter kept his money, threatening to kill her if
she did not comply with his demand. The
surprised and terrified girl in vain attempt
ed to parley with him; he still held her
tightly in his choking grasp, leaving her no
other choice but to die or betray her master.
She saw there was no hope of softening him
or changing his purpose, and with a full
conviction of his treachery, all her native
courage awoke in her bosom. Affecting,
however, to yield to what was inevitable,
sue answered him in a resigned tone, that
what must be, must; only, if he carried off
her master's gold, he must take her with
him, too, for she c.;uld never stay to hear
their suspicions and reproaches, entreating
him at the same time to relax his grasp of
her throat, fur she could hardly speak, much
less do what he bid her, while he held her
so tight. At length he was induced to quit
his hold, on her reminding him that he must
lose no time, as the family would be return
ing from church.
She then led the way to her master's bed
room, and showed him the coffer where he
kept his money. "Here," she said, reach
ing to hint an axe which lay iu the corner
of the room, "you can open it with this,
while I run up stairs to put all my things
together, besides the money I have saved
since I have been hero." Completely de
ceived by her apparent readiness to enter
into his plans, he allowed her to leave the
room, only exhorting her to be as quick ns
possible, and was immediately absorbed in
his operations; first opening the box, and
then disposing of the money about his per
son. in the meanwhile, Hanchen, instead
of going up stairs to her own room, crept
softly along several passages till she again
reached her master's chamber. It was the
work of a moment to shut and bolt this door
upon him; and this done, she rushed to the
outer door of the mill to give the alarm.—
The only being in sight was her master's
little boy, a child of five years old, to whom
she called with all her might, "Hun, run,
to meet your father as lie conies from church;
tell him wo shall all be murdered if he does
not come back :"
The frightened child did as she bid him,
nod sot off running on the road she pointed.
Somewhat relieved by seeing that the child
understood her, and would make her case
known, she sat down fur a moment on the
stone seat before the door, and full of con
flicting emotions of grief and thankfulness
for her escape, she burst into tears. But
at this moment a shrill whistle aroused her
attention; it was from her prisoner, Hein
' rich, who, opening the grated window above
her head, shouted to some accomplices
without to catch the child that was running
so fast, and to kill the girl. llanchen look
ed around in groat alarm, but saw no one.—
The child still continued to run with all his
might, and she hoped that it was hut a false
alarm to excite her and overcome her reso
lution; when just as the child reached a
hollow in the next field (the channel of a
natural drain) she saw a ruffian start from
the bed of the drain, and snatching up the
child in his arms, hasten with him toward
the mill, in accordance with the directions
of his accomplice. In a moment she per
ceived the full extent of her danger, and
formed her plan for escaping it.
Retreating into the mill she double lock
ed and bolted the door; the only apparent
entrance into the buildingrevery other means
of obvious access being prevented by strong
iron grating fixed up against all the win
dows, and then took post at the upper case
ment, determined to await patiently her
master's return, and her consequent deliv
ery from the dangerous position or her own
death if inevitable; fir she was fully resolv
ed to enter into no terms, and that nothing
should induce her to give up her master's
property into the robber's hands.
She had hardly time to secure herself in
her retreat, when the ruffian, holding the
screaming child in his arms, and brandish
ing a knife in one hand, came np, and bid
her open the door, or be would break it
down, adding many awful oaths and threats,
to which her only answer was that she put
her trust in God. Heinrich, who from his
window was witness to Skis colloquy, now
called out to cut the child's throat before
her eyes if she resisted in her refusal.
Poor Hanchen's heart quailed at this mo.
meat. Tho death of the child could be no
gain to them, while her own death watt car
tain if she admitted. the assailant, and her
master. too, would be robbed. She had no
reason to suppose her compliance would save
tho life of the child. It was a risk against
'11,50 PER VEEP, IN ADVANCE; 12,00 tE:'NOT MADVANCE
nothing, and We're_solvedlo bold oat to the
lasi, though the rillian renewed his' thrCats.
saying that if ihe would not epetalbe door
to hint he would kill the'Ohild. and then set
fire to the' mill over bar bead. " 01- put 'my
trust: in WA" was still the pooi . giil's
ewer. In' the theantiine the
the child 'for a moment,' to look fur combos- ,
tibles to carry out bilthreat. In this search
he discovered a mode of entering the mill
unthought Of by liaachen. It was a large
aperture in the wall communicating with the
great wheel and the other machinery of the
mill; and it was a pointentirely unprotect
ed, for it had never been contemplated that ,
any one would' seek to enter by so danger
ous an inlet. Triumphant at this discovery,
he returned to tie the hands and feet of the
poor child to prevent its escape, and then
stole back to the aperture by which he in
tended to effect an entrance.
The situation of the building prevented
lianclien seeing anything of this, but a
thought had meanwhile struck her. It was
Sunday, when the mill was never at work;
if, therefore, the sails were set in motion,
thO whole neighborhood would know that
something unusual was the matter, and her
master especially would hasten home to
know the meaning of anything so strange.
Being all her life accustomed to the ma
chinery of the mill, it was the work of a
moment to set it all in motion—a brisk
breeze, which sprung up at once, set the
sails Hying. The arms of the huge engine
whirled around with fearful rapidity; the
great wheel slowly revolving on its axis; the
smaller gear turned, and cracked, and
groaned, according as the machinery came
into action; the mill was in full operation.
It Will'at that moment that the ruffian in
truder had succeeded in squeezing himself
through the aperture in the wall, and getting
himself safely lodged in the great drum
wheel. His dismay, however, was inde
scribable when he began to be whirled about
with its rotation, and found that his efforts
to put a stop to the powerful machinery
which set it in motion, or extricate himself
from this perilous situation, were fruitless.
In his terror, he uttered shieks and horrible
imprecations. Astonished at the noise,
llanchen went to the spot, saw him caught
like a rat in his own trap, from which it was
no part of her plan to liberate him. She
knew he would be more frightened than hurt,
if he kept within his rotary prison without
any rash attempts at escape, and that even
if he became insensible, he could not fall
out.
In the meantime the wheel went round
and round with its steady, unceasing mo
tion, and round and round he went with
it, while sense remained, beseeching
Llanchen with entreaties, promises, and
wild impatient threats, which were all equal
ly disregarded, till by degrees feeling and
perception failed him, and he beard and saw
no more. lie fell senseless at the bottom of
the engine; but even then his inanimate
body continued to be whirled round as be
fore; fur lianchen did not dare to trust :ap
pearances in such a villain, and would not
venture to suspend the working of the mill,
or stop the mill gear and tackle from run
ning at their fullest speed. At length she
heard a loud knocking at tho door and Sew
to open it. It was her master and his family,
accompanied by several of hie nighhore, all
in the utmost consternation and wonder at
seeing the mill sail in full swing en a Sun
day, and still more so when they saw the
poor child lying b rid on the grass, who,
however, was too terrified fa give any ac
count of what had ha ppene.l.
Hanchen, in a fore 1 , .; I n": aid
then her spirit, wh:ch hr. I FUSZallie.l
through such scenes of tar:.,:, gat e Am.; un
der the sense of sidlty ua i tel.el. 'and
fell fainting in the:: arm., and W:43 . .Viti3
much difficulty recovere I. The =snit:cr.-
of the mill was at once stopped, and the in
animate ruffian dra4,:nd frum hie droadfi.
prison. Ileinrie:ll, too, was brought f. , rth
from the miller's chainuer, and hot!: were
in a short time sent hound under a string
escort to Eon, where they BJUII after eta: t
reward of their crimes.
The story of this extraordinary net
presence of mind, olno:ude, by ttohn,r,
that thanchen,. thus effectually cured of her
penchant for her unworthy suitor, became
eventually the wife of the miller's eldest
son, and thus lived all her life in the scene
alter great danger and happy deliverance.
The Bank Bill
The Bill fur the regulation of the curren
cy passed both [louses of the Pennsylvania
Legislature, on Thursday last, and has
doubtless received the signature of the Gov
ernor. Tho bill reads as follows:--
Supplement to an ..4d for the equalization of
the currency of the State, approved the
seventeenth day of April, Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Sac. 1. Be it enacted, &e., That the
Banks of the Commonwealth are hereby re
quired, until the second Tuesday of Febru
ary next ensuing, to receive at par, in pay
ment of all debts due or to become due to
them respectively, the notes of ail the sol
vent hanks of the State which paid specie
for their liabilities on and immediately prior
to the nineteenth day of November last, and
which shall continue solvent; and the said
banks are also hereby authorised to pay out,
in .all their business transactions and dis
oounts, the said notes so long as the banks
issuing the some shall remain solvent; but
in este any president nod a majority of the
board of directors of any of the said banks
ENY.UP ., -E-.P 1 1.-g•1 1 1.;.',P 5 .::.
shotild certiy•tulhi - liovcritg,"nit'dee=natlt
or' affirmation of the' p . re:ildth th;•1;
tavelnseraibli 'to' r
inclu~iei3•inanid'ctifegnrv' is ,n an :::,e• 1
or Orliate tbC t.p
pojrit
same, as provided in the third ...section j,f
act vf October thirteenth, one thoumnd
hundred and fifty-seven.entltled "an
providing fur the resumption cg spc.-.1.,, pa,
meats by the banks, •antl tho relief of deb:
ors,".-and.no bank shall •be required to re
ceive the notes of any bank thus discroditea
until reported sound and Irolvent by encl.
commission.
SEC: 2. That the several t'ollectorl 44
taxes, tolls, and other moneys of the Cunt
monwenith, and - lso county treasurcrq. are
hereby authorized to receive for State pnr
pages the notes of the solvent banks of this
Commonwealth, though nut specie paying
banks, in payment of the said taxes. tolls
and revenues; ad the State Treasurer is
hereby authorized to receipt for the same,
in the same manner as though said banks
were specie paying.
Sze. 3. That on failure of any bank in
this Commonwealt , to comply with the pro
visions of this Aet, such fact being satisfac
torily made known to the Governor, its char
ter shall thereby be thrfeite 1, and lie shall
so declare such forfeiture by proclamation;
and the directors thereof shall forthwith
make and execute an assignment in the
manner provided by the Act entitled "an
Act regulating banks," approved the six
teenth day of April, Anne Domini one
thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Sec. 4. That any bank or incorporation
which has within one year suspended specie
payments, or refused to redeem its notes as
provided by the laws of this Commonwealth.
the f , rfeitures, penalties, or liabilities•aris
ing therefrom, not having been heretofore
remitted or suspended by Act of Assembly,
shall be deemed thereby to bare forfeited
its charter; and upon such fact being satis
factorily made known to the Governor, he
shall declare such forfeitures by proclama
tion, and assignment shall be made by the
directors of such bank, as herein before
provided.
SEC. 5. That stated or special meetings
of the directors of banks shall po held et
such times, and under such rules and re,70.- ,
lations for the transaction of busl'uess as ths
directors may adopt, and in the ease of LI,o
sickness or absence of the President, bis
place may be supplied by a President pro
lempore, to be appointed by thesLirectors
from among their number; a n d sumach of
any act or acts of Assembly. incpasistent
with the election of said.Presideut pro ton -
pore, be and the tm.ne is hereby re'pimled.
Sec. 0. That the several l•anlo of tl1;s
Cuuttuunwealth shall be required to
in specie or its equivalent, su trncl! of their
circulation as may be necessary to pay dal
August iuteres.t.
Sr.c. 7. That the president, cashier or
other officers of any bank in this eJtairi in
wealth shall take un oath er affi.ma • t , i
be administered by some officer atitiorize I
by law to administer oaths or nfEtriniti
that they will not knowingly ~ r intention:ol7
violate any of . 114 u pan i.iunti i 7 ii,e act
which this is a supplement ,-• rho peer! -
ions of the :act regulatto; banks; pc.s.sed
April 16, lesO, ant its supr:lemen's, ar 1
that the fifteenth and sixteenth sacti.:.as
0,4 act regulating Lanks, apprd . vl
15th, one thousand eight hut.lcd ant r..ft:.
an I ar y other Acts of Assembly ctr:f.".:LH:
berem id, be and the saute arc hcri.l.y
pealed; l'rovided, that nn casb:er than cr.-
gv,ze in nny •altar rrofession cr caTrig, d,-
cretly nr indirectly, Oln that alTertalic:nz
the office of cashier.
The Stay Law
The following is a copy of the bill which
has passed bath branches or the Legislature,
I relative to judgements and executions.
..,scr. 1. lie u t wicted That upon all
j tgemeats now remaining unsatisfied, or
tvh , cii may be obtained within six months
from t ,c tining. of this act, there shall be a
st•ty r.: eat.ention for one year from the ps
i sa,:e or, as regards judgments now exist
ing, and from their date as regatds joilgements
obtained after the date thereof. Provided,
that the defendant is possessed of real estate
within the respective county or counties in
which such judgements shall have been ob
tained, or in any other county within this
ICommonwealth, to which the said judgements
shall have been transferred, subject to be sold
for the payment of such judgement, worth in
the opinion of any court or any judge in va ea •
tion, justice or alderman having jurisdiction of
such judgements, at a fair valuation, a sum
sufficient to pay or satisfy the same, at er and
above other encumbrances, and the amount ex
empted from levy and sale on execution, or
said defendant shall give security for the pay
, ment of the same, to be approved by the Court.
or a judge thereof in vacation, or the justice or
lalderman before whom the same was obtained
I or may be depending, within sixty days from
the date of the judgement. or from the passage
I of this act, which security shall consist of one
or more persons, who shalt satisfy the Court,
judge or justice, by oath or affirmation, and
such other evidence as may be required, that
they are the bona fide owners of real or per.
sonal estate within the county where such
judgement shall have been entered, worth at a
fair valuation, double the amount of such judge
ment, over and above all other debts and ir, •
cumbrances, to which security the plainiiire
may file exceptions as now provided by law.
And that in all actions now pending, or insti.
toted within twelve months after the parsage
of this act, in any of the Courts of this Com-
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