Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-08-04
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$lOO, 900
Here are the names Of twenty mine indi-
viduals, twenty-five of whom reside in this
county. Mr.. Corey resides in Damascus,
Henry county, Ohio; Mr.. Beach, in Perrys-
burgh; Mr.. Wood in Troy, Wood county,
Ohio; and Mr.. Chi,tenden, (although on
the Recorders books, he is represented as
living in this place, has been, and for
aught we know, is yet, resident of ''parts
unknown" to US. Twenty-four are resi-
dents of this (Findlayss township, and one,
MIR. Dukes, of Blanchard township. S. &
P. Carlin, Edison Colt, VIM. Potter6eld,
and James Robinson claim to be democrats
Mr.. Colt he's made some hard money speech.
es, heretofore, Us we have been informed
The balance of them, we believe, are wings
in profession and practice. We will close
this brief description by adding that two of
them are preachers, and one is horse
doctor or, at least, keeps horse medicine for
sale. s,es
Ofthe above named individuals, Messrs.
Hyatt, Chittenden, Colt, S. Carlin, Hender.
son, Taylor, and Vance, have been chosen
Bank Directors. We have been told, that
Mr.. Chittenden is to be the Cashier. We
have also been told that this Mr.. Chittenden
was the Cashier of one of the branches of
the exploded State Bank Of illinois, and of
course has made enough by the explosion
Of that concern to start bank in Findlay.
There are many ofthese men who are.
like ourself, hard run to pay their honest
debts; and we presume the farmers and
others who will have to handle the effusions
of rags, oil, and lampblack put forth by
the contemplated swindling shop, will be
anxious to know what these men who are
the stock holders in it are worth-to know
if they have any thing wherewitI. to back
up their promises to pay. The public have
no better way offnding the amount oftheir
property, than to take their own statements
under oath, as made to the Assessors last
spring; and in order to show this matter,
we have taken some pains to examine the
books and ascertain how much some of
these gentlemen thereafter to be called
bankers) are worth. We will begin with
VIM. M. Patterson, the banker who went
up to Williamstown and raised such blow
about his thousand dollars bank stock; we
find his total property, moneys, credits,
and all, as given under oath, to amount to
the vast sum of one hundred and fifty seuen
dollars! David Patton, bank stock S 900,
property on duplicate 1856; A. C. Stone,
bank stock $4,000, property on duplicate
$4,000; U. A. Ogden, bank stock, 81, 900,
property on duplicate ST. ,lO7; w. J. Wells,
bank stock $1,000 property on duplicate
Sis. In relation to those who reside out
OF the county, we cannot say how much
property they own. Some of the balance
have more property than their stock u
mounts to; others have not, and few have
just half as much. There is not, perhaps
a single individual, except Mr.. Chittenden,
among the stockholders in this concern,
that has fifty dollars to spare out Of his
regular business, wherein to 60 to banking.
But this was easily remedied. Mr. Chitten-
den comes here, calls n meeting Of those
deslrous of etnbarking in this pheasant and
profitable business" lays the whole plan
before thcn, tells them there is money to be
made at it, and finally number express
willingness to 60 into it, but say that they
have not the money-that they have
enough to do to get along with their busi-
ness with all the money they can raise
He tells them, however, that he has plenty