The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-06-17
MI,sOuri Graduated Lands.

EuttOF L-OTtoyS be"tetets
SIR--In an article with the above cap
tion, which you did me and the public the
favor to publish ip your issue of June 3d.
and, in which "a made certain serious char
ges against Reed g. Scott, Land Agents. at
st. Louis" / was careful to state, that 81
had never seen Dr.. Reed; all my business haU-
inc been done ,OiM George Scott" and tina,
"an the letters toh,ch ] had seen signed Reed
d. Scott vere in the hand aOri!ing Of George
Scott" AZ then had no positive evidence
that DR.. Reed was aware OF the transac-
tions Of his partner in sealing and signing
blank qDfdGvits, as represented in that arti-
Gle; and IS almost every body spoke we'll of
him, was unwilling 10 have any blame at
tac he'd 10 him, In the absence of positive
evidence that he desc..e it. did not feel
willing that on Innocent man man should
suffer, simply because business partner
made an improper use Of his name. But
time has revealed that this saving clause
was altogether superhuous.
OF these men individually, or in their
united business capacity, have nothing to
say, srcepl so far as relates to their traudu-
lent transactions in entering land under the
F" Graduation Act" and for the present. shall
do little more thon present some Of their o,O1
correspondence as evidence against them.
Let candid public Judge whether have
= done them any injustice or not, by thus ex'
IN posing them, and by that means, doing wha
& I could to repair the injury done to my
friends and the public, by stating orally ant
l. in an extensive correspondence, on and of
y, ter the 9Th day of April last, that "ths.
N ,could be found every toay ,oorthy Of confidence
as business agents." If was deceived, ant
in in consequence have unwittingly deceive'
my own best personal friends and the pub
r. lie, can only say that sincerely regre
it and will, us far as possible, make th'
., ameade honorable. Thirty or more wise
10 and shrewder business men, in different part
-. of the country, whose names are attached
to their advertising card, were also deceived
-, as we'll as hundreds Of others-who havt
corresponded with them and sent them thou
"0 sends of dollars for Investment
y On the 9th of May, in St. Louis, | wrot
to DR.. Reed, at Stanton Copper Mines, a
lie follows:
o. SIR: Your partner, George Scott, is cor
to stantly representing, both orally and j
writing, that "any man may enter as muc
land as he pleases at Graduation prices, an
settle or not settle upon it MS he pleases."
ct am ready to go before the proper AT
e. thori,ies and testify, that saw him on yes
NJ terday, afix his seal and signature as NotJ
ry Public, to thirty eight blank afidavi,s, i
the same manner as ii thirty eight bona tid
a. persons had actually appeared before hil
n. and taken the oath required by law.
J., Yours respectfully,
- w. S. BAKER.
VI Only two days days alterword, as will b
seen, that man Of whom ! was induced {
o. believe better things, wrote as follows t
ms Mr.. Michael Sayler, of Macedonia, Sunni
no co., Ohio.
he ST. LOUIS, Mo, May 80, 1858.
MICHAEL SATLER:- My Dear Sir-Whe
10 the city, few weeks since, my partnt
co showed me a letter from you, which | WI
49,. pleased to read, as it called up boyhood re
."' collections OF long passed events in the ur
Ry assuming little village of Union, and | II
tended TO answer it forthwith, but the hurr
of business took me to the country agail
lys and omitted my duty till now. A letter
ed, this moment received from Mr..
ant of your place asking for his "Dupli
-. CATE" Mr.. Scott will send it to him t.
y" day, and tell him that brought it from tn
U. S. Land Office, at Jackson, Mo-, (near
en- 200 miles by road south Of here.) only We.
,d, terday. Most of our entries now are in tn
NY Land District, and we have to send the Al
ga plicationS and the money there, and ef,e
lse wait six weeks for the entry to be mad
nto and the Duplicate sent us.
So became impatient this reel at The d
lag. and aceat dC,cn and entered orer ten tho,
has Sand acres in hurry By worhing at night
on, The office is very crowded and behiI
| is with its business a month or more;
-, start for the country again tomorrow to e.
- anime lands. which we are entering in gre
eet quantities .or men in Ohio, New York, III
nois, New Eng land, &c, &c. The count
where the cheap lands are, is general
be broken, somewhat as it is in Columbian
on, CO., o., SO that we have to use time o.
lin. care to select the best tracts, Mr..
o.. (a wool dealer) spent four weeks
w. the country with me, and selected So
'"' acres which we entered for him, some
121 cents, and some at 25 cents per acre.
or. II many OF you want to enter, it would p
- to go to Cleveland and talk with him abb
t"e the country and learn my manner of seIet
rest ing the lands, and if he should not be in
,ted city stop at Bedford on your way back, q
ore. see Mr.. who also went W
~ me and bought GAO acres. We have en-,
ed for several in Cuyohoga Falls
late have three half sections for my o,
!. is family which l mention to show you tha
oo,. care nothing about patent when get tn
"Duplicate," receiptiDg in full for the p
ne ticulur land, as do not expect to settle
for in ten years, if ever. The patent is thou!
ity. OF little Importance in this country.
A., Congress will again do as it did last y
'ne and confirm oil the entries after awhile,
as order patents to those who never saw,
e. we'll as those who have seen their lands.
7th, In haste, yours truly,
,o SILAS REED
pect Mr.. Sayler has been to see the W
dealer, mentioned in the above letter,
learns from him that when mon wishes
procure more than 800 acres, men are Ia
- at dollar head 10 enter for him, and
quit claim 10 him. Negroes are wo
100000 head in that country, but it
pears that Whife men are dO0 chedD. O