The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-07-08

lnd three InOusanu hctes " BIauua'eu toh"e'
Congressman and the Commissioner of
the General Land Office, knew that settle
ment had not been proven up upon one tenth
Of the lands entered, and why did they not
annuI the entries and hand back the mon.
ey!
Simply because'it was not TO their inter.
est to do so, and an army Of men, more
than enough to conquer Utah, would spring
upon them, il such 40 attempt were made.
Congress and the subordinate Offices were
created for the peOple--nOt the people for
them. ,..,.
In Ohio, public officers sometimes steal
by the half million, and their laos do not
reach the offender. In Missouri public
opinion, is, to all intents and purposes, the
law in these matters--and If that public
opinion should happen to have more faith in
a law Of Congress, than in an instruction OF
subordinate officer, it would be very apt
TO make itself respected.
speak OF things as they exist, not as
Baker had misrepresented them to be.
After the Sd March, 1857, the affidavit Of
application for this land was changed, and
for the first time made to conform to the
law of 1854. ..-
The applicant swears "thut enter the
same for my own use, for actual settlement
and cultivation. and that, together with said
entry, have not acquired from the United
States, under the provisions OF said act,
more than $40 acres."
He swears to no fixed time he will settle,
as required during the three years before
This accords with the law, in which no tins
is stated.
But the Commissioner comes in with an
instruction, and says he will not issue pa
tents if settlement be not made within one
year.
Those who will read the law and also
, look back upon the course pursued in refer
ence to giving patents, will know how much
|. stress to lay upon mere instructions where
they do not strictly accord with the law.
The honest settler, now says to himself,
: l will settle within the year If can, if |
| cannot, will do so as soon as caA--and,
does the reader suppose he will lose either
8 his land or his money! If he does. he sup.
r poses what has never yet happened, nor
never will.
But we advise no one to enter the cheap
land who does not intend settlement as soon
as he can, nor do we enter for speculation
, nor for any one over $50 acres each.
r Persons have been deputed by parties OF
= several friends to select lands in Missouri,
} for their settlement in a body together
Such persons have travelled with me and
selected their lands, and the entries have
/ been made for the individuals composing
the Colony, to the amount of thousands Of
acres, to be settled upon with the year, and
we invite enquiry from whomsoever it may
COZ cern, whether good faith to the Govern
ment and the interests of Missouri has been
observed in these entries.
Title 10 The Land.
When m enters land, he is furnished
with receipt from the United States Re.
} ceiver at the Land office, which reads TINS
Receivers office at Jackson, Missouri
as the case may bel, June - 1858.
, Received from -of 81. Louis coun.
ty, Missouri, the sum of - dollars and
-- cents, being tn full for the east half oI
Sec. - in Township No. north, oI
Range - west, containing $40 acres, ut
l23 cents per acre, $40.
IL. TURNBAUGH,
Receiver"
A majority of people in Missouri, if not
nine. tenths, consider this receipt Tor lands
they have entered and paid for, an ample H.
! tie to enable them to hold and convey them,
, and il the holder could not make his settle.
ment within one year, and made it within
any reasonable time, he could if need be
t obtain q deed or patent through the
courts.
I If any one finds it out of his power by
n any mishap or disappointment, to commence
= his settlement within one yeur after the en-
It try, he can hire the settlement commenced
h in his own name, and when proof thereof il
r made, within the year, patent therefor will
issue. ..
!, We obtain patents from the Genera
}, Land Office, at reasonable rates, and or
'r willing to insure them to all parties entering
:, the land through Us. So that if any hav
r. been alarmed by the misrepresentation 0
}. Baker, and are not satisfied to rest their ii
tie ON the Receivers Receipt in full, W
e will procure the patent for the parties en-
:ering, on proper conditions.
al In conclusion, we ask candid men VIII
% wish to obtain cheap homes in Missouri, On
ID who have been misled by this fellow Baker
f. to reflect that he promised my partner t
r, explain the law and instructions and pract
e ces in regard to the entry Of the graduate
Iy ands, and that instead OF doing 30, and ac
ing in good faith to US and to those VIII
le listened to him, he has received double th
Of pay lie agreed for, without telling the trut
at to the public, and now, turns his venom W
N en- his employers, because they would M
lg enter land for him upon trust, and woul
y not continue him under pay, as long as b
wished to sport his poisoned arrows benin
le our backs, hundreds of miles distant frol
o US. ....,..