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Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1857-02-12
ASSIGNMENT OF THE LANCAS-
TER BANK.

The Directors OF the Lancaster Bank
on Monday instructed their president to
make an assignment of the assets of the
bank to Horace Rathvon, Esq, the cashier,
in trust for tie benctit. Of its creditors.-
This action was rendered necessary by
suit which had been instituted by depos-
itor, on which judgment against the bank,
in all probability, would have been obtain
ed on the 9th instant.
The assignment, we understand, is made
under the act of 1886, which is the law
governing assignments by Individuals
The stockholders. under this ass ignment,
will have no voice i'll the selection of the
assignee, as they would have had if the
assignment had been made under the act
Of 1912.
Under this assignment the assets will be
first applied TO the redemption of the cir
cuation. and after that shall have been all
redeemed The funds remaining will go to
the payment Of the deposilors. If the
assets should not be sufficient 10 pay note
holders and deposIiors, the latter will of
course lose a portion OF their claims cor
responding to the amount of the deficiency.
The checks of depostors will not be re-
ceived in payment of debts due the bank,
except in cases where the debtor was the
owner of the check or deposit at the date
of the assignment.
If the assignment had been made under
the act of 1912, checks of depositors
would have been received in payment of
all debts due the bank, the practical effect
of which would have been 10 absorb all
the deposits in the payment of debts, and
to cause portion of the circulation 10 fall
upon the stockholders for redemption un-
der the individual liability provisions of
the charter. The bank would have been
wound up, and all its debts aCoutd haze
been Daid. We have no doubt that if the
stockholders had been consulted, large
majority would have preferred an assign
ment under the act Of 1912. They are
abundantly able to pay all their debts, and
would doubtless prefer to do so. They
could then walk the streets with heads
erect, in the honest pride that no one had
lost through the fraud or folly of their
agents, and that they had not resorted to
any legal shifts or evasiens to avoid re-
sponsibilitjes morally, if not legally, in
curred.-Lnncaste Examiner, FEB. A.
Hsn A oas snrinr has heen discovered on
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The Balm of a Thousand Flowers

MILL remove pimples from the face, beau
wv tify the skin, produce natural glow of
the cheek, and will positively remove all
FRECKLES from the face by the use of one
bottle only. Price so cents per bottle.
For sale at the BEE HIVE DRUG STORE.
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GEO. w. ELDER.
Attorney at Law,

OFFICE in West Marketstreet, opposite Eisen
" bise's Hotel, will attend to any business inthe
courts of NIifln, Centre, Or Huntingdon couu-
ties. Lewistown, july ], 1853.
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Leav'g No. supported by the CO. Jan. l, 1857, 63
10 addition to the above there has been about
so transient paupers supported for short time
without orders any entries on the books.
We, the undersigned, Auditors of Mfiin
county, elected and sworn according to law,
having examined the accounts of Joseph ii.
MorrisoR, Steward of the Poor House, and of
the house of employment for said county, from
Jan. /, 1856, to Jan. l. 1857, do certify that we
fLd balance due to the said Joseph H. Morri-
son, on the books, from the said Directors of
the Poor, of two hundred dollars and eighty-six
cents. Given under our hands, at Lewistown,
this 22d day of January, 1851
JOHN BARGER, ! Att.
GEO. HANAWALT, '1"u'0'''
Lewistown, Jan. g. le57-4t
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DO DO lgIROWN9
SURGEON DENTIST.

PROFESSIONAL business promptly attend
ed to, and charges reasonable.
OFFICE on North Main street, second door
below the town Hall, and nearly opposite the
Gazette office. je 81, lS55-tf.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1857-02-12

gApA gas spring has been discovered on
the banks of Lake St. Clair, Michigan.
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POOR HOUSE STATEMENTS
FOR 1856.

5Auditor's Statement of Treasu-
rer's Account.
William Russell, Treasurer, in account with
the Directors of the Poor of Mifflin county,
ii from January ], 1856, to January |, 1857.
A DIR.
To cash reed of County Treasurer, S4500 90
81 " J. w. Shaw, l6 so
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1857-02-12

We, the undersigned Auditors of Mifflin
county, elected and sworn according to law,
having examined the accounts and vouchers of
William Russell, Treasurer OF the Directors of
the Poor from January l, 1856, to January |,
1857, do certify that we find balance due from
the said VIM. Russell to said Directors of the
Poor, of one dollar and thrty-nine cents, and
that we have cancelled the orders paid by the
said Treasurer. Given under our hands at Lew
istown, January %, 1857.
aa7t JOHN BARGER,
GEO. HANAWALT, '1~0''0'''
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JOHN BARGER,
GEO. HANAWALT, '7''d't'
Stewards Account.

Joseph H. Morrison, Steward, in account with
John Atkinson, Henry Book and John Peachy,
Esqures Directors of the Poor of Miflin
county, from Jan. |, 1856, to Jan. |, 1857.
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sons, outstanding ana unpaid, 2U23 Is
Amt of Indebtedness of the Directors
OF the Poor January |, 1857, except
some small bills which have not
been presented, s292l 06
Produce Of Farm.
About $50 bushels wheat, $50 do corn, 500
do potatoes, 78 do rye, 100 heads cabbage, %
loads hay, 3 beeyes killed weighing 1900 lbs,
sheep killed, calves killed weighing $50 lbs -,
IL hogs killed weighing 3740 lbs, beef hides
weighing 2l0 lbs, calf hides weighing SO
lbs, sheep skins.
Stock on Farm.
horses, colts, 9 head horned cattle, Is
hogs and shoats.
Farming UensHs
| four horse and two horse wagon, one
horse wagon, sets wagon gears, . sets pow
gears, 2 sets tug harness, | set single harness.
| wagon saddle, | set wood ladders, 2 sets hay
ladders. sled, 8 plows, harrows, 2 corn cul-
tivators, three horse cultivator, | grain drill
| wheelbarrow, | tanning mill, ? grind stones,
axes set splitting tools, woodsaws, 8 forks,
shovels, corn hoes 2 grubbng hoes, pick,
spades, scythes, l6 COW chains halters,
post bar, 4 augers, | scoop shovel, Is bags, )
grain cradles, threshing machine, 2 corn shell
lers, sleigh.
House Furniture.
coal stoves, cook stoves | wood stove
copper kettle, tables, stands, coal buck
cts, 80 bedsteads, 80 beds and bedding, iron
kettles, tubs, 10 buckets, set butcher IS tools,
33 chairs, | sink ? Churns, large meat vessels
Work done at P0Or House by and for PduperS.
50 shirts, 40 chemises, 81 frocks, 10 skirts,
a pair stockings knitted, Is pair pants, l3
night caps, IS haPs, 81 pillow slips, % sacks,
ii sun bonnets, % aprons, lS towels, II bed
ticks, % sheets, II pairs drawers, II barrels
soap.
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-01

schoolhouses and churches; if you would locate near
railroad navgable river you must pay tor the ad-
vanages either in enhanced price, in exposure to sa-
wage hostility or in the remoteness from the convenen-
cies of civilized life if you insist rich SOIL you in
crease the probabilities of exposure to bilious disease
if you will have rich land and ague, you must be re-
signed to severe winters and lack of choice fruits
if you delight in prairie location, you will probably
have pay smarty for fencing and timber if you shun
the bleak winds of the prairies you will find the timber
less healthful and more difficult to subdue to cutiva-
ton Thus every advantage has its relative disadvan-
tage; and though there may be spots which combine
healthulness with fertility prairie for cultivation,
with abundant timber for every use yet such spots are
snapped up by experienced pioneers, and you must not
expect to obtain Of these without paying for it hand
somely.
So with regard to location on the larger scale. In
diana and Michigan the most convenient to market
of all the States, but consider their soil the
average unequal to that farther west that what is
gained in the price of crop is lost in its quantity
Illinois is the most fertile body of land of equal size
that we have traversed and would produce in
Judgment more grain per acre, than any other equal
area Of the globes surface but we should prefer
good building and fencing timber, more brooks, more
springs, stone and drier soil. Iowa is more roll
ing therefore better watered and mbered but her grain
and meat must ultimately be sold cheaper than those
of Illinois Wisconsin is at fertile and well-tim
bered but lies little nearer the North Pole than we
should PREFER Minnesota has still better SOIL good
timber and healthier climate, but couldn't pre-
tend to admire 40 degrees below with stiff north
wester blowing if didn't kill apple trees and
der peaches impossible Even Kansas, with her more
southery latitude, her central location, her excellent
building stone, frequent springs and ample streams, has
sharper winds than fancy, and lies farther from
pine forests and the great Atlantic marts than would
deem preferable. Is there any good reason why we
should realize these various drawbacks and not state
them? Can the West desire that thousands more
of our Eastern farmers and mechanics should be ured
the Maumee and Illinois only come disappoint-
ed and grumbng back again to diuse their discomfort
among their old neigbbors? Isit not permanently ad-
vanageous to all that both sides of the shield should
be presented that these who return to complain Of
the lack of nutmeg in their Western toddy shall have
none to blame but themselves.-N Y Tribune
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-01

Between the East and West-the Seabord and the
Great Central Valley of Contnent-there should
be maintained the most perfect understanding, the most
cordial sympathy The letters Of many Western jour-
mails, indicate growing dissatisfaction with the East
in the quarter whence they proceed Let try to
prehend each other: s f4.n
The East is aud cannot be jealous of the growth
and greatness of the Wes for it recognizes therein the
basis Of its growth and prosperity. A new State
out West implies ships on the ocean, new factories
in Lowell and Lawrence, new blocks of stores in New
York Our brethren and children who leave their At
lantc homes to found homes the prarcs and by
the waters of the Mississippi not lost to us,
pecuniary view they still customers we'll
kinsmen and countrymen. The of Illinois
nourshss and the timber of Michigan shelters US as
the Penobscot 1t is the urgent palpablc, unenabe
interest of the whole Seabord that the fertile and ace
West should be rapidly and generally peoped by ntelli-
gent energetic, civilized thrifty freemen. Hence this
journal with others has been constantly advising
employed meagrely recOmpensed workers Immediate
y strike out neither for Texas Nicaragua Mexico
Australia but for the virgin soil and liberal promise
Of our own Free West And we say to-day, as we have
said to the young woman light Of purse but
willing of hand the farmer mechanic Of increasing
family, slender dubious prospects Your
home is in the West Seek it, and your children
there to larger opportunities than await them the rug
ged hilsides in the crowded streets Of the East
s9i But, while feel and say this, feel also that
ought to tell them the whole truth that we shall not
be accused by those who may be influenced by ccun
having misled aud deceived them We feel bound
therefore, to say to those who heed u.s. Go West but do
not expect to nd the prares in the river bottoms
Of the Great Valley Garden of Eden On the contra
Try expect to serious prvations and suerng
thseagh the years Of your pioneer life Hyou 60 full
1ed; you can, of course surround yourself with com
sso bst if you pass the west line of Ohio (as major
ruf ~ emgrants do and must) with less than two
hsedssd dollars per head for the number of your family
isto say, with less than thousand dollars for
knilbaf Eve persons-you must 60 prepared for some
- 6 ragged toll rough usage and coarse fare. L
- vsp obtain land at anything like the government
yg5Vax yos must go beyond mills, stores, post offices
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-01

to his heirs satisfactory proof of the condition and
Der Of the descendants family must be given. .e
9. If the estate has passed by judicial sale, or by
the sale under the order Of any court or has been
divided by proceedings in PARTITION the ularity Of
the sale partition must be shown by copy Of the
record. r,.s,.s IL a.s- ri. fzr ss..fr ssTre yEk
TO- The foreclosure of mortgage can be shown only
by an authentic copy Of the proceedings held for that
purpose.
H. When the wife Of grantor has not joined in
deed, evidence must be given that be was
ried at the date Of the deed from her. a. sfse- .
H. When deed is executed by the heirs Of person
within twentyon years after his DEATH evidence will be
required to show that they of full age at the time
of the grant, 7saia
13. When the title has passed through corporate
body, the charter must Reproduced and the authority
of the officer who granted away the estate be shown
43. When the estate has been conditional it will be
necessary to furnish clear proof that the conditions have
been fulfilled or lawfully excused Hl us asaes
Is. When the title depends on statute law, other
than the public laws of the United States upon local
law differing from the general rule of the common law
upon public document upon history the books
lied on to establish it should be accurately referred TO-
and the page noted. aes - es.ssf ~ it.
l6. Presumptions arising from lapse of time will be
allowed the weight given to them by the judicial tribu-
nails of the State where the land lies. An apparent
defect in old deed need not be explained if the pos
session Of the property has been according to such deed
for thirty years OF upwards. b sa ssss eas
II. A title offered to the United States will not be
regarded invalid account of outstanding title
which has been barred by illegal limitation. But in
all cases where time is relied to extingush an out
standing title, the party must show by clear proof not
only an adverse possession for the full PERIOD but also
that there persons who have rights that may be
saved BY exceptions to the statue.
IT, Before sending the papers to this Office for exam
nation they should be submitted the Attorney of
the United States for the district in which the land lies
1t will be his duty to certify opinion on the whole
tte and to state particularly whether the local laws
correctly gven the papers properly authenticated and
the facts established by satisfactory proof. sN
a-- Very respectfully, ..a j. s. BLACK.
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-01

IMPoRrANr LAND ,ORHIcE DEcIs1oN.-In every case
where two applications made for the location
Of the tract Of land and the sale made At auction
to one Of the applicants It is held BY the Commissioners
Of the Land Office that in ell such land warrant
cannot be rssd, money being required before patent
can BE- issued Thelaw requires that whore more than
one application made for the same tract Of land the
register shall settle the contest BY putting the land up
auction and che highest bidder takes the land very
large amount of lands thus disposed Of have been sats
fed by the location d land wslfan and tho ezes over
e126 pr acre paid in money. AL iueh locations aze
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-01

to 90 West and be farmers, not sarve your souls and
wear out your bodies in the vcxatous strife the debasng
struggle for appearance and poor living in Eastern
cities A tA
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-01

Attorney General Black has issued the following i'm
portant Circular :s 6asssi8 sAusa sas ast4a '-Ies
II ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE, le
Washington, june 4, 1857.
The following regulations have been prepared for the
convenience Of those who msy have occasion to draw
conveyances, make abstracts collect evidence Of title
to lands in where it may be the duty of this Office
to certify concerning the validity Of title strict OBJ
servance Of them will greatly facilitate the examination,
as we'll as tend to correct conclusions s s
l. The deed from the vendor to the United States and
and their assigns must be acknowledged according to
the laws of the State District or Territory where the
land lies. ~ s.,s3 ..,sf . n s,sst..,
2. plot draft of the land should be furnished,
showing the boundary nes their courses and distances
and the adjoining owners Streets rivers other waters
g. Where the property proposed to be sold consists of
than piece the titles to which are derived
through different persons, the dividing lines must be
traced the draft and the separate pieces distinctly
marked A-s aA H-" a
f. 1t is necessary to have an accurate and full ab-
sract Of the titles, showing its transaction from the
original source to the VENDOR with each transfer noted
in the proper order of tme the names of each antor
and grantee written at length with dates showing when
the several conveyances were executed acknowledged
and recorded This abstract must note every fact on
which the validity of the title depends whether it be
proved by matter Of record, by deed, or en- pals. s
s. The abstract must be verified by being accompa-
nied either with the original documents it refers to-
else with copies legally authenticated s'e'ss1sa
g. The title papers must al be marked with numbers
corresponding to the numbers under which they
ranged in the abstract. & Il .s.,s ssa.seas
4 When an estate in the land has passed BY the de-
vise the viii and the probate must Be shown and the
devised is named proof Of his identify will b required
g. Where il has descended from q intesate ancsstor
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-01
PERSEVERE.
l.. u COUNTEYMAN.

We copy from St. Paul paper the following line
ley are from the pen of Mr.. Counttyman, the gent
IN whom we have announced as having secured 10
Ninnger on which to erect public Academy. "
glad to recognize as a fellow citizen gentlemen
much talent.
Persevere Persevere
Do not falter, do not fear.
First resolve to do the right
Then pursue it with your might.
Sternly, calmly, hold your place
Look derision in the face
Give the world to understand,
You have frmness to command
At least yourself then laugh at fear
Persevere Persevere :
Are you tempted to begin
In the path of vice and sin ?
Do companions, vile and gay
Seek to lead you far astray?
Shun, oh ! shun them evermore.
Keep your course as heretofore.
Though the path of vice allure,
Recollect disgrace is sure
Ruined hopes, and ruined health,
Loss of friends and loss of wealth,
All the course of vice attend,
And deep misery in the end
Have you left the haunts Of vice,
Making thus, better choice =?
You are fortunate indeed
Few in vice to good give heed
Once reclaimed, oh persevere
Let your former comrades sneer.
You are better off than they;
Light will shine along your way;
They in gloomy darkness grope,
You'll enjoy glorious sphere
Persevere ! Persevere
Reader do you love the right
Falter not, forit to fight.
In this great worlds present age,
Evils vsss do tarong the stage
sizs Then we need the iron will,
: saa Strength, and purpose to fulfill
! Idly We should never stand
When there's 80 much work on hand
At it then, and persevere,
DO not falter do not fear.
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-01

The Western Phys1OgnOmy.
The most remarkable and decided physiognomy the
American Continent is that of the Western man and wo
man. We speak of the Yankee face as a marked and
individual one but the Yankee face is weak and charac
teress compared to that of Western and Southwest
ern brethren. "" w"
You know that face at once March company Of
hundred Americans around the Pyramids Of Cheops
through the great Pass of the Hmaayas or over the
tallest summit of the Mountains of the Moon and let
me see half the face of each they move before
me, and will pick out every man that was born and
has lived west of the eighty6fth meridian Show me
hundred American women in drawing. at Vienna
or Moscow, or packed in a Rhine or Mediterranean
steamer, matter how much their faces may be dis
guised by adyke colors, distorted by the mseres
of seasickness will select every who was born and
has apent her days west Of the eastern line Of Indiana
The Western face expresses solicitude for outward
approval It looks not to adjustments or cancellations
to right everything What its has he keeps with
in HIMSELF unconcerned whether you want his thought
or not or whether You will approve it or not when you
get it.
The Western soul is not mean SOUL but it is crude
careless. seapprovng SOUL and the Western face is ita
transparent window honest and faithful that it reveals
all the vacuity and sejust6cation which little refine
ment would teach it to VEIL You look into or rather
at Western face and feel repused by its negative hard
ness and emptnessnot in the Yankee face by posi-
tive hardness and devotion to self which says all the
world Here am; to take Of my interests and
get what can. The Yankee lights up his sharp angu
lar counenance with thoughts of other people if not
his he reads and talks he has views if not ideas
but the Western mans views lie along the sights Of his
rfeor his fields prairies They at once
keen and broad but they external and they convey
nothing outward. If any mind-ray travels inward
through them it is lost somewhere in the internal void
and never reaches shore again.-Lits Illustrated