Lie No, 2430. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. | ONE DOLLAR PER A!V!VUIff; IN ADVANCE. For six months, 75 cents. I Ul NEW subscriptions must be paid in L. If the paper is continued, and net jtbin the first month, §1,25 will becharg nat paid in three months, §1,50; if not E six months, §1,75; and if not paid in iooths, §2,00. n3 pers addressed to persons out of the 'will be discontinued at the expiration of e paid for, unless special request is made contrary or payment guaranteed by some isible person here. ADVERTISING. i; nes of minion, or their equivalent, con j square. Three insertions §l, and 25 [or each subsequent insertion. West Branch Insurance Co. OF LOCK HAVE*, PA., !R£S Detached Buildings, Stores. Mer ndisc, Farm Property, and other Build- B d their contents, at moderate rates. DIRECTORS. flhn J Pearce, Hon. G. C. Harvey, I Mali T T ' Abrams ' . t Mayer, 1). K. Jackman, Crist, w - w, ' ite ' Dickinson, Thos. Kitchen. Hon. G C. HARVEY, Pres. T. T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres. t Kitchen, Sec'y. REFERENCES. 1H Lloyd, Thos. Bowman, D. D. IVinegardner, VVm. Vanderbelt. Marker WnK Fearon. •' J Dr. J. S. Crawford, (iJiggle. A. Updegraff, \' Maynard, James Armstrong, Simon Cameron, Hon. Win. Bigler. Kent for Mifflin county, G. W. STEW- Esq. _ ___ •P* 23 . nitv from Loss and Damage by Pi re, U ftriU / Murine and Inland Transportation. CONTINENTAI. SSURANCE COMPANY. r.rated by the Jsyidainre of Penuxylca nia, with a Perpetual Charier. Authortzetl Capital, 1,000,000. So. 61 Walnut St. above Sceoud, Pbila. [lnsurance on Buildings, Furniture, Mer ise &c., generally. Marine Insurance irgoes and Freights to all parts of the ."inland Insurance on Goods, &c., by Rivers, Canals, and Land Carriages, to iris of the Union, on the most favorable p consistent with security. DIRECTORS. re W. Colladay, William Bowers, >l. Coleman, Joseph Oat, |V. Machette. Howard Hinchman. iEORGE W. COLLADAY, President. LEX WILON, Secretary. \jent for Mifflin county, Wm. P. EL- T, E-q. febl9-ly MITY AGAINST LOSS BY F!RE. nkiin Fire Insurance Compa ny of Philadelphia. Koe 163-A Chestnut street, near Fifth, merit of Assets, $1,827,185 SO January Ist, 1857. ifccd agreeably to an act of Assembly, be ing. Drtgages, amply secured, $1,519,932 73 f.-tate. (present value. $109,- L) cost, 89,114 18 E. present value, $83,881 12,) i, 71,232 97 j 4c., 64,121 56 j $1,827,185 80 I tttual cr Limited Insurances made on every pticn of property, in Town and Country, as low as are consistent with security, ts their incorporation, a period of twenty par-. they have paid over Three Millions i liars' losses by fire, thereby affording cv- i tof the advantages of Insurance, as well j 6 ability and disposition to meet with I ftness all liabilities. Losseg by Fire. 6 paid during the year 1856, $301.638 84 DIRECTORS. X Bancker, j Mordecai D. Lewis, Wagner, j David S. Brown, el Grant, j Isaac Lea, it Smith, | F.dward C. Dale, W.Richards, j George Fales. JHARLES X. BANCKER, President. '5. G. B.VXCK.ER, Sec'y. ["Agent for Mitllin county, H. J. WAL- S,F,sq., Lewis town. ' mar 19 Pennsylvania Railroad. and after Monday, June 22d, 1857, rains leave Lewistown Station as follows: Eastward. Westward. J"' 514a. m. 540a. m. 15e > 10 47 p. m. 729 p. m. 1 . 404 " 304 " Freight, 500 " 150 a.m. ?ant 500 " 3 25 " ' 7 25 " 12 40 " K ?. Harrisburg, $1 50; to Philadelphia, tu 2? na ' f "*• to Pittsburgh, 470 ne Ticket Office will be open 20 min Jp lore the arrival of each Passenger D. E. ROBESON, Agent. oundry and Machine Shop. fnt^'i 0 a Y £ hereby notified that I have " ,e Foundry and Machine Shop in Irr hewistown, known as the "Ju • n "wks," and the large and general iJ , , Patterns, late the property of tsd w WiUis ' now John Sterrett & illkiids '"' S ' an< * thdt * am P re P aret f Idling, Turning, ,l' o 0 ; le,t notice and in the best and most iu , JOHN ZEIGLER. i*n, April 17, 1856—tf. *lWeow RIISTIST. business promptly attend- FiCF v iar S es reasonable. i ./ ° n Main street, second door tter ff ° Wn and nearly opposite the mce - je2l, 1855—tf. and Square Paling, 3000 13 ' • on ' ia nd and for sale cheap by FRANCIrtCUS. ipwbsswse) AS m ®2i®3&®ig iFßtfrsnsyc&isißa mm s wmm , ssrs$ 9 s j |iF 2 , S) ipa© m inasam. WHAT iMAKES WOMEN I Not costly ilrcts, nor queenly air; Not Jeweled hand, complexion fair; Not graceful form, nor lofty tread. Not paint, nor curls, nor splendid head ; Not pearly teeth, nor sparkling eyes, Nor voice that nightingale outvies; Not breath as sweet as eglantine. Not gaudy gems, nor fabrics line; Not all the stores of fashion's mart; Nor yet the blandishments of art Not one, nor all of theie combined, Can make one woman true refined. "l'is not the casket that we prize, But that which in the casket lies; These outward charms that please the sight, Arc naught unless the heart be right. She, to fulfil her destined end, Must with her beauty goodness blend: Must make it lier incessant care To deck herself with jewels rare; Of priceless gems must be possessed. In robes of richest beauty dressed; Yet these must clothe the inward mind, lu purity the most refined. She who doth all these goods combine Cau man's rough nature welt refine— Hath all she needs in this frail life To lit for mother, sister, wife; lie who possesses such a friend Should cherish well till life doth tnd. Woman, in fine, the mate should be, To sail with man o'er life's rough sea. And when the stormy cruise is o'er. Attend him to fair Canaan's shore. ImiiimßMii a." A DETERMINED AND DISINTER ESTED LADY. Tbe Cincinnati Gazette gives an account of u lady who while living in California three years ago, was the means of marry ing a young lady friend of hers to a fellow named Munson, who robbed his wife and soon deserted her—sailing for New York. The lady who had brought about the match left California ami boldly laced her respon sibility in tbe premises, and on the sailing of the next homeward-bouml steamer, she took passage for New York, determined to follow the betrayer of her confidence and the love of a wife to the bounds of civili zation, and bring him to punishment. Ar riving in New York, she got traces of his footsteps, followed him over various routes, until she tracked him to a village in Penti svlvania, where she found him with another wife, to whom he had been married before going to California ! A warrant was issued for las arrest for • bigamy, but, having no proofs of his second marriage, after a short examination, he was discharged. Nothing daunted by this unlooked-for termination of affairs, the lady immediately returned to California, procured the neces sarv affidavits substantiating M onsen's marriage there, together with evidence of the fact of his having absconded with some §15,000 of liis second wife's funds, and once more returned to the Atlantic side in search of the betrayer of her friend. And that search she has prosecuted now for two or three months, with the most determined and restless perseverance; hut thus far without success. He had left the village where he had resided when arrested for bigninv, ami although the lady had obtained some subsequent traces of his movements, when we met her site had not yet succeed ed in ascertaining his present residence, although she is satisfied it is somewhere in the West. She had already expended a large amount of her own funds in the pur suit, and expressed her determination not to give up the chase until her " sweet re venge" had been gratified, and the villain brought to justice. The lady pursuer has gone to Cleveland, where she has friends residing. If she may not he classed am ongst the "strong-minded women," she is certainly a most determined one. MON KISH LEO ENDS. In one of his notes to " Lacon, C'olton j gives the following account of the marvel lous things wrought in the bosom of the j " mother church" in ancient times. Some of the saints, especially, Duns an, Dominic and Lupus, must have been fond of a prac tical joke, and pretty cute hands at play ing it off, too, to have so far forgotten the weather-gage of the devil —for he is said to be a full hand. _ j "These legends abound with stories of j prodigious things, some of which are very ludicrous, such as St. Swithin s making a whole basket of eggs by the sign of the cross —Patricious making the stolen sheep bleat in the thief's belly after he had eaten, it; then, St. Bridget's bacon, which, in great charity, she gave to a hungry dog, and was, after the dog had eaten it, restor ed again in her kettle. Of the like nature is the story of St. Dunstan, who took the devil by the nose with the tongs, and held him till he roared with pain. Dominic made him hold the candle till he burned his fingers. Lupus imprisoned the devil in a pot all night. A consecrated host be ing put into a hive of bees, to cure them of murrain, was so devoutly entertained, that the bees built a chapel in the hive, with steeple and bell; erected an altar, and laid the host upon it, and then sung their canonical hours like monks in cloister. SINGULAR VISITATION BY A BIRD. Captain Johnson, of the barque Ellen, savs: "Just before six o'clock on the af | ternoon of September 12th, I was standing on the quarter-deck with two others of the crew on deck at the same time, besides the THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1857. man at the helm. Suddenly a bird flew over around me, just grazing my right shoulder. Afterwards it flew around the vessel, then it again commenced to fly around my head. It soon flew at my face, when I caught hold x>f it and made it a prisonor. The bird is unlike any bird 1 ever saw before, and 1 don't know its name. The color of its feathers is a dark iron gray; its body was a foot and a hall' in length, with wings three and a half feet from tip to tip. It had a beak full eight inches long, and a sort of teeth like a small hand saw. In capturing it, it gave me a good bite on my right thumb. Two of the crew who assisted in tying its legs were also bitten. As it showed a disposition to bite at everybody I had its head cut off', and the body thrown overboard. When the bird flew to the ship, the barque was going north of northeast. I regarded the appearance of the bird as an omen, and an indication to me that I must change my course. I accordingly headed to the east ward direct. I should not have deviated from my course had not thejbird visited the ship; and had it not been for this change ol course I should not have lidlen in with such passengers of the Central America." A (Just: of Probable >S'usjuinled Anima tion. —' On the 2d of October,' says the N. Y. Evening Poet, 4 we published the death of a married lady of this city, which occurred suddenly on Thursday, the Ist instant. 'The friends of the latuily assembled on .Saturday, the BU, to attend tbe funeral; but it having been discovered early on that day that the body still preserved its natu ral appearance, ir was decided to perform the services in the house, deferring the burial for the present. The body was ac cordingly removed from the coffin to the bed and now continues in a state of perfect preservation and natural condition on this the &i centh tiny rince it* supja/scd deecuse. The utmost solicitude exists, of course, in the family, and every effort is being made to assist nature in tbe restoration of her functions, although as yet no symptoms of active life have appeared. It would seem to he a case for the most extreme mea sures to he adopted, lest the prolonged sus pension of life may of itself prove fatal; and yet instances of a pause of weeks in the natural powers are said to have been recorded in Europe.' WHEN THAT'NOTE WAS 1)1 K. A man in Boston (of course) was sorely persecuted by an avaricious business ac quaintance, to pacify whom he was obliged to • settle,' and not wishing to pay over a few hundred in cash lie drew up a note ob ligating himself to discharge the account after a specified date of time. The credi tor, who was noted for his 'sticking princi ple,' was not, in justice, really entitled to the money, but when thirty days after date expired, he anxiously presented the note for payment. The debtor, instead of meet ing it, replied: ' The note is not yet due, sir.' 'But it is. though. It reads, 'thirty ; days after date 1 promise to pay' so and so, and thirty-one days have elapsed since the j date thereof; and so—' • 1 don't care if thirty-one years have elapsed since the date of the note, 1 shall , contend for its immaturity,' answered the j debtor, interrupting the not very good hu mored note-holder, w ho soon made his exit, I slamming the street door after him and j muttering incoherently about law, judg- | meat, executions, Ac. In a few days both parties were before a j magistrate, who, on concluding the inves tigation, proclaimed that he must certainly | award ' judgment' against the debtor for j the full amount of the note, and the cost ' of the prosecution besides. 'And what then ?' inquired the defend ant of the judge. 'I shall issue an 'execution' if the plain tiff desires,' returned his honor. 'To be sure —I want one immediately,' bawled the plaintiff, whose countenance revealed his determination to allow no mer cy, as he urged his way as near the judge as possible. ' You are resolved upon judgment and execution ?' demanded the defendant. ' I am,' replied the judge, taking up his pen to record the same. 'To be sure we are,' coincided the plain tiff, with a chuckle. 'I presume your honor can spell correct ly,' said the defendant, as he picked up his hat and sent it further upon the table he fore him. 'lnsolent!' exclaimed the judge, choking with rage. 'Will you oblige me by carefully spelling and reading the first line in that valuable document,' urged the defendant, disregard ing the anger of the magistrate, and di recting his attention to the note that lay before him. The judge looked at the note and then at the defendant, but probably thinking it was best to take it coolly, proceeded to do j as requested, and read aloud, in a very ! lucid style— j ' Thirty days after date I prom —' 1 'Stop!' shouted the defendant, 'you don't read it right.' ' I do/ was the judge's response. ' You don't !' returned the defendant; 'I thought.you couldn't spell.' The judge was now boiling over with rage, and siiiotp the desk before him so violently with his clenched hand as to cause those who stood about him, including the expectant plaintiff', to retreat a few pa ces in double quick time. ' Keep ypttr temper, judge, or we shall be obliged to'have the case transferred to another court, where the magistrate under stands the art arid mystery of spelling words ot one syllable, and don't make a fool of himself by kicking up a row and smashing office furniture. There, you may keep your sent and tell those present what the first line of that note says,' said the defendant, with a coolness that surprised the audience and puzzled tbe judge. Having again glanced at the document, and appearing to detect something that had until that moment escaped his percep tion, the judge proceeded to read: ' Thirty days after death 1 promise to pay—' ' Rightexclaimed the defendant; 'you con spell, I see.' 'This note is not due, gentlemen, until thirty days after tlemen's, ladies' and children's 2Soota ant> Sbftoea, suitable for the season. The market price IN I CASH will always be given for COUNTRY 1 PRODUCE, and liberal advances made on Flour ] and Grain on store. PLASTER, SALT, FISH AND STONE COAL ' always on hand. A quantity of Salt, suitable ! for Cattle, now on hand. F. McCOY, | Jen R. F. ELLIS. iYO.OOO Gross Kent's best Matches, for sale to the trade at lowest ratea. augl-1 FRAJfCnCUS. THE RELIEF BILL, An act providing for the resumption of specie payments by the Hanks, and for the relief of debtors. Section 1. Be it enacted by tbe Senate and House of Representatives of the Com- j monwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the | provisions of every act of Assembly, or of incorporation or re-incorporation, hereto- j fore passed, declaring or authorizing the forfeiture of auy bank, saving, trust, and ! insurance company or corporation having banking privileges, or inflicting any penal- j ties, or authorizing any compulsory assign- j tnent, for or by reason of the non-payment j of any of its liabilities, or the issuing or of paying out the notes of other banks, i incorporated under the laws of this Com- i monwealth though not specie-paying, or its loaning or discounting without the requisite amount of specie or specie funds, j since the lirst day of September Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, be and tbe same are hereby suspended until the second Monday of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, and all forfeitures and penalties, or liability thereto, hereto fore incurred, or that may be heretofore incurred, or that may be hereafter incur- ; red, before the said second Monday of I April, under such acts of Assembly or of ; incorporation or re-incorporation, for or by j reason of tbe causes aforesaid, or any of them, are hereby remitted, aud so much remitted, and so much thereof as prohib its any bank from making loans or dis counts, issuing its own notes, or the notes of other banks incorporated under the laws of this Commonwealth, though not spccie-payingordeolaring dividends during the suspension of specie payments, or from loaning or discounting, without the requi site amount of specie or specie funds as' aforesaid, be, and the same is hereby sus peudc i until tbe day and year aforesaid, and any such bank, during suspension of specie payments, may declare dividends to an aniuuut not exceeding six per cent, per annum on its capital; and this act shall extend also to all banks, saving, trust, and insurance companies, and corporations with banking privileges, chartered or re chartered under any law, for the periods hereafter to commence, and to tbe payment of stock to all banks incorporated by the Legislature at its last session. Section 2. That, in adition to all state ments and returns now required by law, each aud every bank in the cities of Phila delphia, Pittsburg and Allegheny shall, on the first discount day in January next, and weekly thereafter, and every other bank in this Commonwealth, on the same day, aud monthly thereafter, make up a state ment, to be verified by the oath or affirma tion of the president or cashier thereof, showing—first, the amount of its loans and discounts ; secoud, the amount of specie in the possession of and owned by such bauk, and the balance due from other banks, in distinct items ; third, the amount of its notes outstanding ; fourth, tbe amount of deposits, including individual deposits and balances due to other banks, which state ment shall be published in the next suc ceeding issue of a newspaper of the county in which the bank is located, or if there be no newspaper in such county, then in a newspaper of some neighboring county; and any violation of this law, or failure to comply with its provisions by auy presi dent or auy cashier of auy bank, shall be misdemeanor, and each of the said officers, shall upon the conviction thereof, be pun ished by a fine of not less than five hun dred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, at the discretion of the Court; one half to be given to the prosecutor, and one half to the county in which the bank is located. Section 3. That the said banks are here by required, uutil tbe second Monday of April aforesaid, to receive at par in pay ment of all debts due, or to become due to them, respectively, the notes of all tbe solvent banks of tbe Commonwealth which paid specie for all their liabilities on and immediately prior to tbe first day of Sep tember last, and which shall continue sol vent, and the said banks are also hereby authorised to pay on, in all their business transactions and discounts, the said notes so loDg as the banks issuing the same shall remain solvent; but in case any presi dent, and a majority of the board of di rectors of any of the said banks 6hall cer tify to tbe Governor, under oath or affirma tion of the president, this apprehension and beliet that any bauk in said certificate named is in an unsafe condition, the Gov ernor shall thereupon appoint three judi cious persons, not interested in said bank, as commissioners to investigate the coudi | tion of such bank. Aud the said comuiis | sioners shall, after taking an oath or af i firmation to perform the duties of their appointment with fidelity, forthwith pro ceed to make the said investigation and report tbe result thereof within ten days to the Governor ; and if the officers of the said bank shall refuse to permit the said commissioners to make such investigation, or to produce any books or documents necessary for that purpose, or if the said commissioners, or a majority of them shall report that the said bank is in au unsafe New Series—Vol. 11, No. 50. condition, or conducting its affairs in viola tion of law, the Governor shall thereupon issue his proclamation, declaring the charter of the said bank to be forfeited, and the said bank shall be deprived of all the benefits of this act; and the directors thereof shall forth with make and execute an assignment, in the manner provided by the act entitled " An Act regulating banks," approved the sixteenth day of April, A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty, and the expenses of such commission, including the compensation of the commis sioners at eight dollars per day each, shall be paid by the bank against which it is issued, unless the report shall be favorable to its con dition, in which case they shall be paid by the applicants : Provided, That no bank shall bo required to receive the notes of any bank against which a certificate may be made as aforesaid, at any time after the delivery of the same to the Governor, until the commis sioners shall report in favor of such bank, after which the notes of such bank shall again be received as required by the provis ions of this section. SEC. 4. That the several collectors of taxes, tolls and other revenues of the Common wealth, and also county treasurers, are here by authorized to receive for State purposes, the notes of the solvent banks of this Com monwealth, though not specie paying banks, in payment of the said taxes, tolls and reve nues ; and the State treasurer is hereby au thorized to receive and receipt for the same, in the same manner as though said lanks were specie paying. Sec. 5. That the deposits by the State trea surer, or to the credit of the Commonwealth, in the several banks and other corporations, and all bank notes which are now or may hereafter be in the treasury during the period of suspension aforesaid, shall from time to time, on demand of the said treasurer, be paid by the said banks or other corporations respectively, in specie, in such amounts as may be required by said treasurer, to enable him to pay the interest accruing on the pub lic loans of the Commonwealth. SEC. 6. That upon all judgments hereto fore entered, in suits commenced by writ or otherwise, or which may be entered during the period hereinbefore mentioned, in actions instituted by writ or otherwise in any court in this Commonwealth, er before any alder man or justice of the peace, $n judgments obtained before said officers, if the defendant shall be possessed of any estate iu fee simple within the respective county, worth in the opinion of the court, alderman or justice of the peace, the amount ef the said judgment, over and above all incumbrances, and the amount exempted from levy and sale on exe cution, he shall be entitled to a stay of exe cution thereon, on judgments now obtained or to be obtained, on suits now brought, for the term of one year from the date of the passage of this act, and on all others, for one year, to be computed from the first day of the term to which the action was commenced ; and every defendant in such judgment may have the same stay of execution thereon, if within thirty days from the passage of this act, or within thirty days from the rendition of any future judgment, ho shall give securi ty to be approved of by the court or by a judge thereof, or by such alderman or justice of the peace, before whom such judgment was obtained, for the sum recovered, together with the interest and costs: Provided, That this section shall not apply to the wages of labor, nor to debts upon which stay of execu tion is expressly waived by the debtors, nor to judgments upen which a stay of execution has already been taken under existing laws: And provided, That the provisions of this section shall extend to judgments entered or to be entered, as well upon bond and warrant of attorney as upon mortgages to secure tiie same, and to any subsequent grantee or own ers of the premises so bound, as well as to the original obligor or mortgagor: Provided further, That said stay of execution shall not apply to judgments or mortgages, or on bonds secured by mortgage, unless the interest thereon shall be paid within sixty days after the accruing of the same, in such funds as I the banks are authorized by this act to use. SEC. 7. This act shall take effect immedi j ately, except the third sectien, which shall not go into operation until the provisions of I this act are accepted as herein provided ; but j no hank or other corporation shall be cm | braced within its provisions more than thirty days after the passage hereof, or after any ! bank shall have suspended specie payments | upon its notes or obligations, unless the stock ; holders ef such bank or other corporation • shall, before the expiration of the said thirty 1 days, or within thirty days after any bank shall have suspended specie payments upon ! its notes or obligations, at a meeting to bo ' called by the directors thereof for that pur pose. on ten days public notice, in one or more newspapers, accept the provisions of this act by a majority of votes of said stock holders, to be voted and counted according to the provisions in the charter of such accept ing bank or other corporation regulating the election of directors, but to make such accep tance valid there shall be tiled iu the office of the Auditor General of this Commonwealth a | certificate that this act has been duly accept ed, under the common seal of such bank or ! other corporation, attested by tie signature S of its President or Cashier; and each of the said banks accepting the provisions of this act, shall also pay into the Treasury ef the Commonwealth, on or before the first day of i January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred arid fifty-eight, or within thirty days | after any hank shall accept the provisions of this act, a sum equal to one-fourth of one per centum upon the capital stock of said bank in addition to any amounts they are now by ! law required to pay. SEC. 8. That the forty seventh section of the act approved April sixteenth, one thou sand eight hundred and fifty, entitled "An act regulating banks," be and the same is hereby repealed: Provided, lhat all suits brought, or now pending for forfeitures or penalties under the section hereby repealed, | shall not be affected thereby, I SEC. 9. That the Legislature hereby re serves the right and power to alter, revoke or annul the charters of any bank or corporation or corporations, accepting the provisions of this act, whenever in their opin j ien the same may prove injurious to the citi-