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CLEARFIELD, PA., NOV. 6, 1861.
GE3T. J. C FREMONT.
Much bas or lata been said in reference
to the incompetency and extravagance of Gen.
Fremont, in the management of the Western
Millitary Department. Adjutant-Gen. Thom
as and the Secretary of War mado a visit to
this Department, several weeks since, to ascer
tain some tacts in reference to the charges
made. Last week, Gen. Thomas' report was
published, and after a careful reading, we must
say, that it is rather an extraordinary docu
ment. In reference to one of the charges made,
Gen. Thomas says : "Captain Edwaid M.
" Davis, a member of his (Fremont's) Staff, re
" ceived a contract by the direct order of Gen.
" Fremont for blankets. They were examined
" by a board of army officers, consisting of
Capt. Ilendershot, 4th Artillery ; Capt. Har-
ris, Commissary of Subsistence, and Capt.
" Turnley, Assistant Quartermaster. The
blankets were found to be rotten and worth
" less. Notwithstanding this decision, they
were purchased and given to the sick and
" wounded in the hospitals." Mr. Davis hav
ing read this report, wrote a letter to Adjutant-General
Thomas, dated at Philadelphia,
November 1st, in which ho says, that i4Gen.
Fremont did not give him any contract for
blankets or anything else. lie purchased
blankets in his official capacity and denies
that they were condemned as rotten and worth
less. " When the report of the Board reached
Fremont ho expressed great displeasure and
required the blankets to be returned. The
only fault that could be found with bis pur
chase was the economy practiced in making
it the average price being one dollar and
forty cents for each blanket. They were part
cotton. He can only account for the misstate
ments from the fact that when Thomas was in
St. Louis Davis wa3 confined to his bed and
that Thomas presumed from the reports that
he had the whole truth before him in refer
ence to these affairs."
From the statement of Quartermaster Davis,
it would appear that Gen. Thomas, in his re
port, bas been mistaken in reference to this
"blanket contract;" although, perhaps, so
informed. And, if mistaken in this respect,
might not Gen. Thomas be mistaken in refer
ence to some other charges made. And, in
relation to Fremont's extravagance, it is un
derstood that "one of the reasons why the
President hesitates to issue an order super
" seding General Fremont is, that it appears
" that on the whole, no other Military Depart
" ment has been managed with such economy
" as his."
But, why was this ezparle report published ?
It was proper enough for Gen. Thomas to
make his report to the War Department, for
the information of the authorities. However,
should not Gen. Fremont have been furnished
with a copy, and time given him to make his
defence, before it was published ? Is it not
doing great injustice to Gen. Fremont in per
mitting this damaging official report to go
out, while he was too far off to meet and an
swer the charges ? If the object of the pub
lishing of tho report was to weaken the hold
Gea. Fremont has upon tho public esteem, it
will Jail of its design. The American people
like fair play, and will not sec a brave soldier
cried down without a chance to make defense;
.and more especially as in the present case,
when he is at tho head of his victorious troops
driving tho rebels before him.
We do not desiro to defend General Fre
mont, or any other officer, where he is cen
surable ; but we think, that justice at least de
mands that he shonld be allowed a hearing
before he is condemned.
John C. Breckinridge. This member of
that "small patriot band" has at last written a
letter to his late Kentucky constituents, re
signing his scat in the Senate of tho United
States, and announces his intention of ex
changing his Beat in that body for the musket
of a soldier, and says that the Union is dis
solved, and the United States no longer exist
If this be tho case, why did he occupy his
seat as a Senator and draw his pay after eleven
States had Sececded, and after war bad been
declared and a number of battles had been
fought ? 'Was it not the better to enable him
to carry out his treasonable designs in respect
to the secession of Kentucky ? We also see
it stated that Mr. Breckinridge arrived at Rich
ruond on the 21st October "tho large crowd
extending a most enthusiastic welcome to
him, and that Mr. B. mado an appropriate
speech to the hearty greetings of the multi
tude." So then this traitor has at last gone
over to his "southern brethein," and received
a "most enthusiastic welcome" because of his
treason against the government of the United
States. The day may not be far distant, how
pver, when he will receive his just reward. .
, Attempt to Rom the Blockadk. On the
20th inst.,off Wiliraington,N. C, the Gemsbok
captured the English brig Ariel from Livcr-
pool,loaded ostensibly with salt,while attempt
ing to get into that place, after her papers had
been indorsed by the Sabine off Georgetown.
The Commander admits that It was his inten
tion to get into TFiliraington if he could.
England U building 51 new war recseis.
Cotton dethroned.
Late revelations from Richmond show how
really helpless the South is becoming, says
the Pittsburg Gazette, under the withering'
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enecis oi me bioc&aae Uur readers will re
collect the appeals made by Southern leaders
to the planters to subscribe a part of their forth
coming crop of cotton to the National loan,
and to take Confederate bonds in pay. These
bonds, they were assured, would be at a pre
mium, while the Government, armed with
King Cotton, had no fear of being able to
command the sinews of war, and maintain the
credit of the Government. Cotton was to
work wonders. Everybody had faith in cotton.
Cotton was king.
The plan took with the planters. They had
no money, but they had cotton growing, and
this they could spare to sustain the Govern
ment,and the Government bonds,they thought,
would doubtless sell on a pinch, though we
think there must have been some suspicion
that they would not be very easily negotiated
at par. The Government got the promise of
cotton, and the planters the promise of the
bonds, and here matters rested until tho crop
began to come in, when the planters became
anxious to realize; Their necessities were
urgent, but the ports were blockaded, and
orders had gone out that no cotton should be
shipped to the seaports, or Memphis, where it
might fall into the hands of the Federal troops.
What was tho planter to do ? He had been
struggling through difficulties all summer, and
now winter coming on, he must provide for
the wants of his family and of bis slaves.
There were his bales, but they could npt be
eaten, and were not useful for clothes in their
crude state.
In despair, the planters go to the Govern
ment for aid, and offered to sell their cotton
for Treasury Notes. Here was a rare opportu
nity for the Government to show its faith in
King Cotton.
Treasury Notes could be turned out by the
thousand, with little trouble and expense, and
the cotton would belong to the Government.
Was ever such an opportunity to prove the
legitimacy of King Cotton. So thought the
planters, but so thought not Mr. Memminger,
the Secretary of the Treasury. Treasury
Notes were valuable, because negotiable.
They would pay soldiers, and buy food and
clothes for the army ; but cotton, under a
stringent blockade, was worthless. Cotton
was dethroned. It wa3 not worth as much as
linen rags the promises to pay of a rebel gov
ernment. The Secretary had no notion of de
preciating his Treasury Notes, and thus de
stroying his only resource, by an issue of fifty
millions of this paper, to relieve the planters.
lie can hardly maintain their credit now, as
they are at a terrible discount for specie. So,
the poor planter, who has so long trusted in
the potency of King Cotton,' finds himself ab
solutely turned out upon the cold charities of
the world for a subsistence. His case is a
hard one, but it is only the beginning of his
troubles. His slaves must be fed. This ne
cessity is imperious. He cannot turn his back
upon them, as the Secretary turns his back
upon him. Cotton will no longer feed them.
Food is scarce and high. The Secretary tells
them to quit raising cotton, and turn their
attention to corn. He ought to have told them
this last bpring, while he was glorifying King
Cotton. It is cold comfort now when the
slaves connot wait until corn grows.
Already accounts reach us of slaves put on
half allowance. There must be terrible suf
fering among the planters, as the slaves must
bo fed somehow, and unless a market is found
for cotton, they must be ruined. The only
hope we can see for them, is in oui great naval
expedition. If that should succeed in captur
ing New Orleans, and opening up a Southern
port, their cotton might reach a market. In
any event,one thing isclear,(Jotton isno longer
King. The Yankee tars have dethroned it.
Importation of Arms. From published
statistics, it would seem that $395,700 worth of
arms purchased in foreign countries, have ar
rived at New York since the first of August
last. Many of these, it is said, have been sent
to St. Louis for the use of the Western army.
Of the sum named $230,000 have been expend
ed for guns and muskets, while only $150,000
have been expended for the more efficient ri
fles. A cotemporary says : "The Government
" might have expended the whole sum in pur
" chasing Enfield rifles or the improved fire-
arms manufactured in England, rather than
" in procuring guns and muskets which are of
"little use comparatively." Why this was
done tho government alone knows ; but, we
presume they could not be had ; and as it was
necessary to supply our army with arms, they
furnished the best that could be procured.
But while the government has done this, why
are the officers in command of that "western
army" condemned for not furnishing their
men with better arms ? Aro not tboso who
made the purchase of arms to be more blamed
"for their inefficiency" than thoso who are
now using them in an enemy's country ?
Would it not benefit the Union cause if cer
tain parties (who are trying to crush out a
brave man without a hearing) would suspend
their tirade until the whole truth was present
ed in reference to these gruns ? If they are of
"little use comparatively ," as our cotemporary
says, let the blame attach to those who are re
sponsible, and not to those who aro innocently
using them.
Removal of Rrisoxers. The political pris
oners, who have been confined at Fort Lafay
ette, have been removed to Fort Morgan, in
Boston harbor. Tho object of the removal
was to secure the safety of the prisoners, and
to protect tho officers in charge from being
constantly annoyed by persons for permission
to "see the crowd." Fort Morgan is not near
so accessible from Boston as Fort Lafayette is
from New York and therefore the change in
all respects is considered a good one. There
were one hundred and nine prisoners at La
fayette at the time tho removal took place
J several of whom were releasod.
RESIGNATION OF GEN. SCOTT.
The following letter from Lieut. General
Scott was received by the President on Thurs
day afternoon October 31st.
"Headquarters of the Armt, I
- Washington, D. C. Oct. 31. f
"The Honorable Simon Cameron, Secretary of
War : ir : r or more than tnree years l have
been unable, from a hurt, to mount a horse or
walk more than a few paces at a time, and
that with much pain. Other and new infirmi
ties dropsy and vertigo admonish me that a
repose of mind and body with the appliance
of surgery and medicine are necessary to add
a little more to a life already protracted much
beyond the usual space of man. It is under
such circumstances made doubly painful by
the unnatural and unjust rebellion now raging
in the Southern States of our so late prosper
ous and happy Union, that I am compelled to
request that my name be placed on the list of
army officers retired from active service. As
this request is founded on an absolute right
granted by a recent act of Congress, I am en
tirely at liberty to say that it i with deep re
gret that I withdraw myself in these momen
tous times from the order of a President who
has treated me with distinguished kindness
and courtesy, whom I know upon much per
sonal intercourse, to be patriotic, without
sectional partialities or prejudices,to be highly
conscientious in the performance of every
duty and of unrivalled activity and presever-
ance. And to you, Mr. becretary, whom I
now officially address for the last time, I beg
to acknowledge my many obligations for the
uniform high considerations I have received
at your hands and have the honor to remain,
sir, with high respect your obedient servant,
bignedj infield Scott."
A special Cabinet Council was convened on
Friday morning at nine o'clock, to take the
subject into consideration. It was decided
that Gen. Scott's request, under the circum
stances of his advanced age and infirmities,
could not be declined. Gen. McClellan was
therefore, with the unanimous agreement of
the Cabinet, notified that the command of the
army would devolve, upon him. At four o'
clock in the afternoon the Cabinet again
waited upon the President and attended him
to the residence ol Gen. Scott. On being
seated the President read to the General the
following order :
"On the first day of November, A. D., 1861,
upon his own application to the President of
the United States, Brevet Lieut. General Win
field Scott is ordered to be placed and hereby
is placed upon the list of retired officers of the
army of the United States without reduction
in his current pay, subsistence or allowances.
The American people will hear with sftdness
and deep emotion that Gen. Scott has with
drawn from the active control of the" army.
While the President and the unanimous Cab
inet expressed their own and the nation's sym
pathy in his personal affliction, and their pro
found sense of tho important public service
rendered by him to his country during his
long and brilliant career, among which will
ever be gratefully distinguished his faithful
devotion to the Constitution, the Union and
the flag when assailed by the paricidal rebel
lion. Signed Abraham Lixcoln."
General Scott thereupon rose and addresued
the President and Cabinet, who had also risen,
as follows :
"President. This honor overwhelms me.
It over-pays all service I have attempted to
render to my country. If I had any claims
before they are all obliterated by this expres
sion of approval by the President with the
unanimous support of his Cabinet. I know
the President and this Cabinet well. I know
that the country has placed its interests in
this trying crisis in safe keeping. Their
counsels are wise, their labors are untiring.
As they are loyal and their course is the right
one. Mr. President, 3 ou must excuse me. I
am unable to stand longer to give utterance to
the feelings of gratitude which oppress me. I
In my retirement I shall offer up my prayers
to God for this administration and for my
country. I shall pray for it with confidence
in its success over its enemies and that speed
ily." The President then took leave of Gen'l
Scott giving him his hand and saying "he
hoped soon to write him a private letter ex
pressive of his gratitude and affection," and
tben added :
"General, you will naturally feel solicitious
about the gentlemen of your staff who have
rendered you and their country such faithful
service. I have taken that subject into con
sideration. 1 understand that they go with
you to New York. I shall desire them at
their earliest convenience after their return to
make their wishes known to me. I desire you,
however,to be satisfied that. except the unavoid
able privatations of your counsel and society
which they so long enjoyed, the provision
which will be made for them will be such as
to render their situation as agreeable hereafter
as it has been heretofore." i
Each member of the administration then
gave his hand to tho veteran and retired in
profound silence. The Secretary of the
Treasury and Secretary of War will accom
pany Gen. Scott to New York.
, The following is the response of the Secre
tary of War to tho letter of Gen. Scott :
" War Department, I
Washing fori, Nov. 1, 1861. j
"General: Is is my duty to lay before tho
President your letter of yesterday asking to
bo relieved under the recent act of Congress.
In seperating from you I cannot refrain from
expressing my deep regret that your health,
shattered by long service andrepeated wounds
received in your country's defence, should
render it necessary for you to retire from
your high position at this momentous pe
riod ol our history. Although you cannot
remain in active service, I yet hope "that
while I continue in charge of the depart
ments over which I now preside, I shall at
all times be permitted to avail myself of
the benefits of your counsels and sage ex
perience. It has been my good fortune to
enjoy a personal acqnaintance with you for o
ver thirty years, and the pleasant relations of
that long time have been greatly strengthened
by your cordial and entire co-operation in all
the great questions which have occupied the
Department and convulsed the country for the
last six months. In parting from you I can
only express the hopes that a merciful Prov
idence which has protected you amidst so
many trials will improve your health and con
tinue your life long after the people of the'
country shall have been restored to their for
mer happiness and prosperity.
Tarn, General, very sincerely, your friend,
and servant. Signed, Simon Cameron,
"' ' Secretary of War
To Gen. Winfield Scott, present.
Some genius bas conceived the brilliant idea
of impressing all the lawyers and quack doc
tors into the military service because their
charges are so great that no one can stand
them.
Man without money is poor; man without
anything else is poorer still.
INTERESTING WAR NEVS.
From Missouri From tho Lower Potomac From
M'Call's division Steamers running tho rebel
blockade Sickle's Brigade etc., etc.,
SrRiNGFiELD, Mo.,Oct. 28. Major White of
the prairie scouts whose command.startedjwith
Major Zagonyi for Springfield had been quite
ill, and was captured by the rebels while rid
ing in a buggy alter the fight was taken sever
al miles out of town by a guard of twenty reb
els, but was rescued by a party of the Green
County Home Guards and is now here. The
loss of Fremont's body guard in their desper
ate charge of Friday last was fifteen killed,
twenty-three wounded and twenty-six missing.
Threi! of the wounded have since died, and
doubtless many of the missing will soon re
port themselves. The rebel loss is stated at
from fifty to' sixty killed and forty or fifty
wounded. The rebels were commanded by
Colonels Johnson, Frazier, Price and Turner.
The latter two of-whom aro said to have been
killed.
Spisgfield, Mo., Oct. 29. The total num
ber of killed, wounded and missing ol the reb
els, according to their own account, number
80. The Home Guard appeared to have come
out strongly of late. They captured and
brought buck Major White, who was a prison
er, and the fourteen rebels who were taking
him to Gen. Price's camp. Last night about
twenty of them charged on Lieut. Col. John
II. Price and twelve other rebels, killing one
of them twelve miles south of here, and bring
ing all tho rest in, and they are prisoners in
our camp. The rear of our army are coming
up to us by forced marches. GeneralPope and
General Hunter's commands are expected
here this evening, and General McKinstry's
to-morrow. All our troops are in the best
spirits, and full of enthusiasm. General Fre
mont bas taken possession of the flouring mill
in this county, and is rapidly gathering sup
plies for the army. General Price is near the
Arkansas line. It is doubtful whether he will
give us battle. The rebel officers thought
that the body guard that made the attack up
on them was 2,500 stronc, and on their retreat
swore at their men for acting like a pack of
cowards. We got about sixty of their musk
ets, which they drooped In their flight. Our
advance is at Ozark, fifteen miles south of
Springfield.
Washington, Oct. 30. A few days ago the
rebels sent a small boat from Quantico creek
over toward Budd's Ferry, having a flag of
truce. When she bad approached within two
or three hundred yards of the Maryland shore
a barrel with something attached to it was
thrown overboard and tho boat immediately
turned and put back to the Virginia shore.
The barrel was supposed to contain an infernal
machine. A foraging expedition was de
spatched to Shroud's farm, four miles north
west from Fall's Church. A picket was here
captured and sent to headquarters, and volun
tarily disclosed the fact that the rebel pickets
were stationed a short distance from the farm.
Capt. Norton accomplished the object of his
mission. A reconnoisance was made yester
day by Gen. Sickles and staff, accompanied
by a squad of Indiana cavalry, along the shore
of the Potomac, about forty miles below Wash
ington, when they were fired at by a battery
on the Virginia shore. One of the shots fell
short, and another passed over them. There
seems to be do doubt, that the rebels have a
large number of flat boats at Occoquan creek,
manufactured at Fredericksburg, and design
ed for crossing the Potomac.
St. Loris, Oct. 31. Intelligence has reach
ed here that General Siegle bas attacked ana
defeated Gen. Price's rear guard, at Bolivar,
and taken Gen. Rains prisoner. This, how
ever, can only be true in part, as Gen. Siegle
was in Springfield on Monday last. If a fight
has taken place, at or near Bolivar, it must
have been with some of the force belonging to
Gen. Acboth's division.
Washington, Nov. 1. A contraband who
came within the lines of Gen. Hancock, to
day, reports that he left Manassas Junction on
Wednesday night, that the rebels have exten
sive fortifications at Centreville and an army
of 50,000, and that their camps extend within
two miles of Fairfax Court House. At Ma
nassas they have about 10,000 troops. The
outer pickets of Gen. McCall's division were
driven iu last night, indicating an advance of
the rebel army. A large party was sent out
to meet them, when they retreated. The-ir
object was evidently to capture the men on the
outposts. Signal lights were plainly visible
last night in the direction of Leesburg, and
also Centreville. The rebels are'again show
ing themselves. on the outer line of our pick
ets. Yesterday afternoon about 2000 f rebel
cavalry were discovered by a reconnoitering
party, within four miles of our lines ; yet still
this shows that the bulk of the rebel forces
have fallen back to what they consider an im
pregnable position Manassas Gap and Junc
tion. These are their strongholds between
here and Richmond.
Washington, Nov. 2. The steamer Balti
more is used to convey stores from Old Point
to the flotilla below the rebel batteries, and
was at Wad's Bay last night when the Pow
hattan came up.' Four sloops,a Jersey schoon
er and a pungy came down past the tatteries
yesterday early in the afternoon. They with
one exception took a course through the Swash
channel next the Maryland shore,and although
the confederates wasted a large quantity of
ammunition in firing at them none of them
were struck. One of the sloops, commanded
by a German, kept close along the Virginia
shore running tho gauntlet of the confederate
batteries and escaped unharmed from the
heavy fire aimed at it. Thirty or forty shells
were thrown from the confederate batteries
over to our entrenchments on the Maryland
shore yesterday, but they did not impede the
progress of the work. Some of our thirty-two-pounders
answered with three or four
rounds, but it is not known whether our shots
reached. Yesterday afternoon a shell was
thrown from the Virginia shore, striking the
tent of Lieut. Brown, who has command of
battery G. First Pennsylvania artillery, at
Difficult creek, near Edward's Ferry. One of
the persons in the tent was wounded slightly
on the arm by tho explosion. The shell is
supposed to have been from a light battery.
The steamer Powhatten arrived at the navy
yard this morning, having run the blockade
last night. Last night a field battery attached
to the brigade of Gen. Sickles, fired from the
Maryland shore on the rebel steamer George
Page, lying in Quantico Creek, two miles off.
Several shells exploded over her, and one hit
her, causing a speedy evacuation of ber crew.
The rebel batteries on the Virginia side re
turned the fire briskly, throwing shot and
shell clear to the Maiyland shore, but no dam
age is reported.
The Rebels in Western Virginia A sol
dier of the 25th Ohio, in a letter dated Cheat
Mountain Summit, Oct. 22nd, says :
f "Yesterday morning a big negro came run
ning into our camp, waving a white handker
chief over his bead. He reports the rebels in
camp to be in a suffering condition, without
clothes and very little to eat starving aud
freezing. He says there is one Louisiana reg
iment in camp, of 500 men, and they have re
sclved to go home. He estimates the number
in the rebel camp at 5,000. Very many have
died, and much sickness prevails. He says
after the engagement wo had with them, they
reported that they killed eighteen hundred of
our men. The truth is wo left not a man,
dead or wounded, on the field, and onlv two
were buried by the way.
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CHARLES J. PIsey
October 13. lS61-p.
cretsrv.
of hearing Appeals from the Trien'nKi rp0
ment, to wit: ' A'ts.
Goshen township at the school housn i
township, the usual place of holdinir eJ. '?
Monday tho 11th day of November u km
Girard township at Congress Jlil! Khoi.U
on Tuesday the 12th davcf Xov.mh;. lhon.
. .... j vi -ovoaii
Jlorria ttuvtiiihin s-t )). t .
pied by Thos. Kyler, on Saturday the UH
November. ' -
Graham township at the house of J. i n
bier, on Monday the ISth day of Nov.nib.r "
Bradford township at the house of Vm ir
ver, on Tuesday the l'Jth day of XovcmC
Boggs township at the house of KdwaH it
bert, on Wednesday the 20th dav ofNovemUr
Decatur township at Centre school hot .
Thursday the 21st day of November. ' a
Woodward township at the hon of J v
Whiteside, on Friday tho 22d day of Novemb
Guelich township at the school house inj,fr
ville, on Saturday the 23d day of November
Bcccaria township at the houe of Saajn.i v
Smith, on Monday the 25th day of Novcmbe-
Knox township at 1 urkey'llill cho..l h0Cto
on Tuesday the 26th day of November. '
Ferguson towB.ship at the house of Tho 8
Davis, on Wcdne.tay the 27th day of r-k-
Ari!oiiri.Ie,on Thursday the 2s:h day of.'uremi
Chest township at the school houie near
Itorabiiughrs. on Friday the 2Jth dajtf Nove-nt'0
New Washington Bot. at the putlie chol
house for the Borough, on Saturday the SOth JST
of November.
Burn.Mde township at the house of John Yonn
on Monday the 2d day of December.
Bell township at tho house of Aseph Ellij oa
Tuesday the 3d day of December.
Lumber City Bor. at the public school bow
for the Borough, on Wednesday the 4. h dan
December. '
Penn township at tho house of W. W. Aaier
son. on Thursday tho oth day of December
Curwcnsville Bor. at the house of Iaae Blocm
jr.. on Friday the Cth day of December.
Pike township at the house of fia.ic IjJoom jr
on Saturday the 7th day of December. '
Bloom township at the house of James Bloom
Sr., on Monday the Jth day of Jecf mber.
Brady township at the house of G. V. Ion
now Win. Keed, on Tuesday the loth diV ot Db
cember. Union township at the house of 11. W.Moore .
on Wednesday the 11th day of December.
Fox township at the house of John I. Eundy,
on Thursday the 12th day of December.
Huston township at the house of Je.-se Wilioa,
on Friday the 13th day of December.
Clearfield Bor. at the Couimisfioner oCee in
Clearfield, on Monday thelCth day of December.
Lawrence township at tho Commi.sioner f
fice in Clearfield, on Tuesday the 17th day of b
cember. An appeal from the valuation of L'nsoated Lni5
will be held at the Commissioners office in Clear
field, on Thursday, the 2d day of January ItfiJ.
Sit which tiniA all nprsnna int.p.ela.l ,.,... ..t...l
a3 no appeal can be taken after that date.
1 - r U T l - . -
uiui ut cue Daru ui vuuirui3MOTer?.
WM. S. BRADLEY. Clerk.
Commissioners Office, Oct-9, 1801.
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NEW-YOKE WEEKLY TRIBUNE commenetJ
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4 PPEAL FROHTIIF.TKIEN'M,, .
J. SESSMEMT. Notice i hrVwiLAS
tno Commissioners of ClearSi ld county ;mB tlut
at tho following places from Hi o'clork i.tt'
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