American patriot. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1814-1817, January 20, 1816, Image 4

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    _ application, both of body and mind. kt isa
business destructive ‘of health and ease
_ frequently cuts short the thread of exis-
tence, and is a bar to every pleasure of fife:
Do uot those then i who devote themselves
tot duiss—vig saris est ples
ure, ahd even lite itself, 0
their fellow citizens, do they not merit their
reward ? Weknow we address reasonable,
honest men—we know they will @uswe,
% yes—ihey do?’ [ Bost. afer.
Salt Sprimg---Tribute to Merit---Susque-
hanna County---Ancedote of Orister o
the Wolf.
Three weeks ago we published an ac-
Fount of the discovery of a salt spring In
Susquehanna county. Should the spring
prove as produciive ag 1s now expected it
will be a source of great convenicuce and
profit, not io the proprietors alone but to
‘ue whole county. As nay well be sup-
posed it 18 subject of much interest nere,
and excites 2 good deal ol conversation ; but
we have not yet been able to obtain such
full and satisfactory accounts with respect
“ait as we could wish, A gentleman from
‘Montrose mentioned to us that the sory
of the manner in which it was discovered
was this:— Three persons from the sale
of New-York came down to Mr. Brister’s
(for he thinks the spring is on his and not
on Mr. Beardslee’s’ land,) mentioned that
they had reason to believe there was a Salt
pring on his farm, aud if he would let
them come in on equal ghares with him,
they would endeavor to find it—He a-
greed to the proposaly and the dug in the
lace directed, (by the Indians wo former-
b inhabited the country, itis supposed) aad
were lucky enough to hit upon the rignt
spot. On diging thr
ee feet through a
loose made earth, the came to a well ve
or six feet deep. laid up with logs, and cov-
ered by large flat gtone---the whole had a
yery ancient appearance. It evider thy had
deen formerly worked by the natives.
On the ‘waters of the Wyalusifig, there
hve rat on of ten a the wate: is bd ba deb
sort of milky appearance, an where has
the bene fic of{as he was
!mence on the
one thousand eight hundred aud
f every two
day 10 asc. rtuined by the jury trying t
| by the person or persons
ing a sot!
fever and ague
more than two
once they think themselves pretty healdhy
are So common, that it:
whose land the spring is
not to be passed over. Kifteen years.
when be first setled on his present ae
tion he was going home from the Forks 0
(he Creck one cold Christmas day, W
about to cros the Wyalusing, Be-
hold, a monstrous wolf had seated \imself
in the path, and grinping rather makeious-
ly, disputed the passage, Brister was not
to be driven back: tut arming himself with
great coolness The wolf sprang at him
as he approached, and Brister stepping
nimbly on one side struck the wolf a tortu-
nate blow on the head near the eye. The
wolf staggered, and the intripid woodsman
followed up his blow, & finally sticceeded In
the complete destruction of his enzmy.
[ The Gleaner.
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BY ORDER
ty. |
An Act
To amend ‘le acty
ing the mode of
for taxes, and for
Sgeriox |. B
other purposes.”
munwealth of Pennsylvania,
sembly met,
authority of the same,
of the several counties
wealth, shall be,
pectively authorised
second Monday in
in this commol:-
June, in
the year
sixteen, and at the expiration 0
years thereafter and adjourn from
day if it shal
and make pu
part of such
ate in the proper county
blic sale of the whole or ali
as will pay the a
are more deer-licks, or small galt gpringss,
than on any other stream In the country.
The Indian name of Wyalusing, I have
Jong since been told signifies « Plenty of
Meat,” and was applied to that creck in.
consequence of its being so excellent a
place for hunting, the Deer and Elk fre
enting it much; on account of the mam:
rs salt licks which abound on its wa-,
fers. Should the spring prove profitable,
1Kere are others 1 should presume, that
would be worth working. About eight
miles eastof Mr. Brister’s, on the middle
‘branch of the Wyalusing, on land of Mr.
Birehard, there is a spring formerly cele-
brated as adeeraid clk lick I remiembor
at weil ; for when visiting his hospitable :
sabin 15 years ago I shot the first deer it
twas ever my fortune to Kill. The remems
Rrcncebrings some pleasure, but mot ute
gniced with pain Ebenczer Bushnell was
with me, He was a man of as much wit
and a scholar of as much learning as ever
aduated at Yale. His disposition was
kind and he was the most agreeable and
fnstructive companion } ever met with.
1b. gan my apprenticeship as a printer,
wit, him, When he commenced thie pabl
cation ol Le Norwich Courier. Bat he had
none of that worldly (wisdom that enables
a man to get rhoney. in 1800, he was ap-
posnted a purser in the Navy . He was
the author of some tender and delicate lines
%ritten on occasion of some of bis com-
panions engraving their wives’ names on a
ree a distant country. He died on
board the President at sea in 1804 univer-
gally lamented.
I am not certain whet
her the salt spring
Is on the land which Dr. Rose 1s selling
and settling ; if not, itis a tract adjoining,
and must contribute very considerably to
the value of the western part of his tract
which did not need the advantages of salt
Works to make it a very eligible spot for
gctilors to improve their fortunes.
Susquehanna 1s certainly the best coun-
try of rand on the Noith Line of Pensylva-
aia from N. York to Ohio. The soil is res!
markably good, and the water plenty and]
sweet. No country on earth is superior to
it for grazing ; and the name of the Susque-
harina cheese will soon be a recommenda-
tion itt market. Much is said of the set-
fléthent of Ohio. tis not believedy that
any country in that state, has settled more
rapidly than this—16 years ago, there was
neith a house nor road within ten miles of
the present seat of justice. At the late e-
lectio, altho’ there are three election dis-
tricts within twelve miles, there were more
than 130 votes polled at Moentrose. A ve-
ry ciegant courthouse is erected there, and
the lunds in the neighbourhood are very
#apidly ransing in vallue What folly itis
to run weslwards-westward--westward, for-
ever. when our interprising young men can
pe rehase better land in Susquehanna coun-
fy, ata less price than they can get lands
similarly situated, In respect to Mills
2rd setleinents at the westward where in
art of whic
rearages of the taxes, any p hh
nd unpaid
shall then have remained due a
for the space of one year betorc, together
ruing by reas
with all costs necessarily acc
gon of such delinquency, and to make and
execute a deed or deeds, in ise sunple, in
the manner directed by the act to
this is a supplement; and i
duty of the suid county treasurcr,
at least sixty days notice of the tine and
place of such sales, the township or towii-
ships in which the said tracts of land are
respectively situated,
contdined in cack tracy and the namys of
the warrantecs or Owners tirereof, and the
sums due pon each tract for taxes, at
least four times in one dally re wspaper in
the city of Philadelphia, apd in one other
newspaper in or nearest to the county
where such lands lig, under ihe penalty of
fifty dollars in wach and every casey to be
recovercd by the owner or owners ol the
laud sold as aforesaid, as debts of like a-
mount are by law recoverable, hut the ne:
glectot such treasurer to ‘cause the suid
publications 10 be made, shail uot, in any
cage. invalidate any sale made In pursuance
of the provisions of this act |
Sper. 2. And be it further enactefl by
tHe cuthority aforesaid, That from afd af
rer the passing of this act, when any itrea-
surer, who shall have made sale of unscat-
ed lands as aforesaid, shall die or be re-
moved frons office, before any deed or deeds
are executed by him to the purchaser or
purchasers; then, and in every such case,
it shall be the duty of the treasuiet for the
time being; fo perfect such title and exe-
cute a deed or deeds to the purchaser or
purchasers, and they are hereby empower
ed and required, upon the full discharge
and payment of the money OF price for
which the said lands were sold, with such
cost and charges as remain unpaid to the
former treasurer, to make, execute and ac-
knowiedge any decd or deeds, and to per-
form and do all other matters and things
that by the fermer treasurer might, could
or ought to have been performed or done.
which when done, shall be adjudged as ef"
fectualin law as ifthe title had been com-
pleted by the former treasurer.
Sper. 3. And beit further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, Thatit shall be the
duty of the purchasers at treasurers’ sales,
as soon as eny deed er deeds shall have
been tendered, after the deeds are ac-
knowledged in the court of commen pleas
of the proper county, by the treasyrer who
made the sale, ot his successor as the case
may be, to pay to’ the treasurer the’amount
of the purchase money, of such part there-
of as shall be necessary to pay off the taxes
and costs, and also to pay, in addition, the
suin of one dollar for the use of the pro-
thonatary for entering the acknowledge-
ment of the deed; and in case the amount
is not forthwith paidyit isshereby declared
to be the duty of the treasurer 10 bring an
action of debt, in the name of the proper
county, for the samé m such courts as
od
of the families are ill atfit
“There is an anecdote of iMr. Brister, ot}!
found that ought commissioners or treasuver, touching any:
AAT DORRETIN.
me mem
Of the Board of Commissi-
oners of (Clearfield Coun-
entitled « An act direct-
selling unseated lands
e it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Cam-
in General A~
and it is hereby enacted by the
That the neasurers
and they are hereby ress
and directed ; to com= rec
| be tound neccessary so to fot
tracts of unseated lands, situs
ThA
Ri
Yeot
Ro Ce
tequila by Ru
be no stag of the exe 0
competent for the defendant in such
5 10 give, la evidence any irregularity
3 the assessments or proceedings of the
sale made in pursuance of this act.
© Sew. 4. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That ifthe owner
or owners of lands sold as aforesaid, shall
Imake or cause to be made, within two years
atter such saie, an offer or legal tenderol
‘the amount of the taxes for which the sad
lands were sold, and the costs, tugcethe
with the additioual sum of twenty-five pei
cont. on the same; Lo the county treasurer,
‘who is hereby authorized and required to
‘receive and receipt lov the same, and to pay
it over Lo the said purchaser upon demand,
Land if it shall ve refused by said treasured.
or in case the owner or owners of lands so
sold, shall have paid the taxes due on them
previously (o the sales then, dnd in either
ol these cases, said 0wnLr oF 04ers shai
be entitled to recover the sane by du.
course of law, but inno other case and or
no other piea, shall an action be sus'ained.
and itis hereby declared that so much ol
the act to whicn this 1s @ supplement, as re-
quires notice ot the umes being tue an
sale thereon to be given in térain public
in the assessment, ov in thi
ed Irregularity
shall be coustiued 01
process or OthEI WISE,
Tliat where
and legal : Provided, W
as aforesaid, shall
er or ownel's of land sol
orpliats, or Lisane,
U ited Statés, two years after such disabil
ty. is removed, shall be allowed such pet
son or persons, thew heirs or legal repit
sentatives, to bring thelr suit o
overy of the lands so sold,
recovery is affected in such cases, the
4
tite
‘value of the improvements
‘Jand so sold
recovery, and pai
recovering the same, before he, ske or they
! shall obtain possession of the Jands so reco-
vered.
Sper. 5. And be it further cmacted by
{ any tract of
for taxcs due at
hereafter be im-
the anthority aforesaid, Thati
land, hereafter to be sold
‘this time, or whien shall
Iposcd, shall pot: have bidden
‘équsl fo the whole apount
for ita sun
‘the proper county er any onc of them, t
‘bid off ihe same, and & deed ‘shall thereup-
‘on be made by the treasurerto the commis-
i i AT
he nunbers of acres : : : 3
A sioners fof the time being, and to their
‘successors in office, tO and for the use o'
the proper county, and i shail be the duty
person as whose estate the same shall have
long as the same shall remain the preperty
of the county,
of the proper collector ;
remain unredeemed, the
charge, evary such tract of land with rea-
sonable county and read tax, according to
the quality of the said land not exceeding
in any case the sum of six dollars for every
hundred acres
Sect. 6. And be it further endcted by
the authority aforesaid, ‘That the right of
redemption shall remain in the real owner
of such land for five years after such sale,
and on plying the treasurer of the county
all the taxes and costs due thereon ai the
time of sale, and interest therefor for the
same time and also the taxes which shall
have been assessed thereon from year to
year after the sale, and interest of each ase
sessment to be counted from the time it
ought to have been paid and on the produc:
tion of the treasurer’s receipty the commis-
sioners shail, by deed poll, endorsed on the
back of the treasurer’s deed to them, con-
vey to the person who shall kave been the
owner of
legal representative, all the right and title
which the county may have acquired unde:
such sale as aforesaid; the monies So ie-
ceived for road taxes shall be paid to the
supervisors of the
within which such lands shall lie on orders
to be drawn by the commissioners on the
treasurer to be applied by them in making
and repairing the roads and highways 1
their respeotive townships
Sect 7. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That if the owner
of any such land shall not redeem the same
within the period aforesaid, it shail there-
sell any such’ landy by public sale; and
make a decd! thérefor to the purchaser,
gainst the codiity
persons as whos¢ &daté the $a
A
less than the amount of taxes cost? 2
executions nor shall |
newspapers, is repealed, aud that no alieg-
taken to affect the title of the purchaser,
bit the same shall be declared to be good
the own
t thie ume of such sale, be an orphan or
and residing within the
r action for
but wheie
made onithe
,alter the sale thereof, shall be
he action fur
hich of taxes foi
5 ‘which it shall have been adverdscd and the
t shall be the! ie” :
1% cosis accrued, then, and in that case, it
0 give! ‘ x te
shall be the duty of the commissionets of
of the commissioners to provide a book,
wherein shall be entered the name of the
been sold, the quantity of land, and the a-
mount of taxes it was sold for, and every
such tract of land shall not thereafter so
be charged in the duplicate
but for five years
next foliowing such sale, if it shall so long
commissioners
shall, in separate columus in the gaid book,
the land at the time of sale, or his f
roads ofthe township}
after be’ Fawful for” the commissioners tof
which shall Be ARLE in Taw, as well a-f
47 fy#indt the pérsonorf
mye had breng
sold, but no tract shall be sold for’ 2 sin
Seer. 8. nd beit further enacted oY
the authority aforesaid, That any boat A
commissioners muy divect the weasurer ol
(he proper county to teccive in advan
for any term uot exceeding six years, a s
which in their estimation shail be : :
xcs, that ought 10 be imposed any
such land or lands, duking the period fog
which they shall $0 coupound with the
owners @s aloresaid. :
Sect. 9. And be dt further enacted by
the auchority aforesard, That the form of
the deed requived by this act to be éxceut-
cd by the treasurer te the commissioners,
aay be in the following words viz —
Whereas a tract of unseated land contains
Ham Fak acres, situate
.ownship, in the cowity ot
surveyed to hails
acen tated and assessed with divers taxes,
to Wit. county taxes dol
a8. and road taxes dollars
which remain unpaid, and the treasures
naving offered the same for sale agiecably
to law, and no person bidding therciora
sum equal to the amount of taxes due, and
the costs ol advertising and sale, it ihere-
to buy the same, which they have accord4
gly done on the dayof © he
last past, for the sum of. gr
dotlars.
that § ) treasurer o
said county, dg, for and in consideration of
the sald sum, grant, bargain and sell the.
sald tract of lund to
commissioners of said cound.
ty, to hold to them and their successors in
office forever, subject to the redemption al-
wowed by law. In witness whereof { have
hereunto set my band and seal, the
Sealed and delivered
day of
(Beal.)
in the presence of }
Acknowledged by the grantor before
: one of the justices of
che peace of the county of
{ Witness the hand and seal of said justiceg
the day of |
’
Sa
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-
/ | 8 (Seal )”
All which sales to the commissioners, shall
be entered by their «clerk in their book of
‘Jiinutes, as well as any redemption which
may happen, and salcs by them after the
right to redeem is passed over. |
Seer. 10. And bé it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the
duty of the commissioners of each county
wlierein a newspaper shall be printed, to
cause thls act to be published at ieast three
times in at least one newspaper published
ur said county, and the commissioners of
the city and county of Philadelphia, shall
also cause the same to be published ag
least ihice mes In two of the newspapers
in the city of Philadelphia.
Sper. 11. JAnd be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, ‘That such parts of
the act to which this is a supplement, and
so much of any other act of assembly, ak
ave altercd or supplied by this act, be, and
the same are hereby repealed.
~~ JACOB HOLGATE,
Speaker of the. House of Representatives.
: JOUN TOD,
Speaker of the Senate.
Appnrovep—the thirteenth day of Marchy
one thousand eight hundred and fifteen,
] SIMON SNYDER.
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| Notice.
All persons indebted to the subscriber in
any way whatever, are requested to call ag
the office of Elisha Moore, Esq. and makes
payment, as all my accounts are put into
his hands for collection. ¢ Peaceably if
can, forcibly if T must.”
| George Rothrock.
| BrLievonie,0cT.7, 1815.
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For Sale,
A Surveyors Cotnpass, witn all the fav
struments’ belonging thereto. It will be
sold reasohable. Any person desirous of
purchasing, ¢at have an oportunity of dow
ing so by calli on the subscriber, nea¥
Spring Milly Haynes township, Cente
county. :
JACOB HERING.
Aug. 30; 1815. :
sale at this Offices
‘ore became the duty of the commissioners |
Naw this indenture witnesscth,
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