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NEWS PARAGRAPHS.


The most remarkable big blast in tho his
tory OF Iron mining took place 1t the Like
Superior mine short time since. In or1i-
pary ones hut 10 inch hole in diameter is
drilled, but In this case one Of four inches,
and eighteen feet deep was made, dtstantfrom
the edge Of tie cliff about ten feet, into
which one keg Of powder was put and ex-
ploded US preliminary, aud which had the ef-
feet to open seam to the depth Of fifty feet.
Sixteen kcgs Of powder were then put in as q
final charge, which threw down OVER 5000
tons Of ore, 60 completely broken up that the
the cars for shipment without further reduc-
tion.-Narqu<ste Neaes and Journal.
The New York theatrical world is now in
the midst Of q genuine sensation over the pro-
ductior ct soma veritab.e ghosts at Wallack's
Theatre. The ghosts are produced by some
mechanical contrivance mud are startling tlu-
Eions; lulpervious to shooting or stabbiug,
and intangible. They are proving great
success.
The Quebec Chronicle says: "Pearls
have recently been found, in small quantities,
in one Of the tributaries Of the Rigiere Ber-
geron, in the Saguenny District. by tourists
and Others They are said to be very beautf-
tu1, md in many cases nearly MS large rs peas.
1t Is said that eome persons ct speculative
could get Of them. We hare not yet heard,
however, whether the value Of these pearls
bare been pronounced upon BY any compe-
tent person."
The Dry Tortugas. properly called ed, Fort
the coast of Florila. "Dry," 1t is called,
but it stands upon one ot an Archipelago or
and is, In all its bearings, very vet. Fort
Jefferson is one Of the Tortugns group, which
covers nautical area Of about twelve miles,
and lies in the Gull, in latitude d degrees 70
minutes, longitude 81 degrees 50 minutes.
The Islands are mere sand heaps, covered,
however, with beautiful shells and surround
ed By reefs Of white cosal: 1t is great re-
| sort for sea turtles. The Fort is described as
| a most delightful place. Inside, the grounds
| are beautifully laid out, and contain a com-
! mendable display Of tlower-heds and other
natural decorations. There are IN abundance
| oak and alinthus. The mosquitoes trouble
| the latter only to die. But the most attrac-
| tive tree hero is that which bears the cocoa
| nut. These trees are spr1nklcd in squads
throughout The grounds, and are as grateful
| long coarse erass carpets the sand very nc.
cepiably indeed. THIS is the paradise Of
forts, as elegant as 1t is strong and useful.
The history. Of the growth Of wool ig
very curious. Ffsy years ago not pound Of
fine wool was raised in the United States, in
Great Britain, or in any other country except
| owned exclusively by the nobility OF by the
crown. In 17e4 a small flock was sent TO the
| E1ector of Saxony, ns present from the King
| Of Spain, whence the entire product Of Sax
ony wool, now Of such immense value. In
| 1869, do1ing the second invasion Of Spain by
| the French, some Of the valuable crown focks
| were sold, to raise money. The American
t consul at Lisbon, Dir: Jarvis, purchased four
| teen hundred head, and sent them TO this
country. 4 portion Of the pure, unmixed
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1t is said fhGt figures will not lie, but an
improper use Of them will convey false n
1orn,ntion- The New York TGmes publishes
an elaborate article on the progress TIM, |
has been made in putting down the rebel
Lion II sets out tlus:-"Iu estimating
"the effective strength of the two bellie:
"ercnt parties, al the beginning Of the coo.
"tcst, wc will include Missouri and Te1.
"nesscc among the loyal States, and con.
"sder Virginia, North Carolina, Louis;-
cana and Arkansas as entirely disloyal"
Now the naked truth is, that at thc Ia.
ginning Of the contest, Missouri furnished
ten soldiers for thercbel cause to every -
for the Union side. In the first wear ot 81
rebellion very few but Germaus about gt
Louis, esppused the Federal cause, hpe
not less than $4,000 Missourians tlocked to
the Confederate standard. 1t was not up-
til after the volunteers Of Illinois and other
Western 6tates went over there and BOUND
II Aogged the rebels, and drove the last
battalion out Of the State that Unionism
took root in Missouri soil. The present 10y
altr Of the State has been purchased by the
blood and lives Of $1,000 Western soldiers,
md more than that number Of rebel Mis-.
eou1ians hnve pcrished. ....
Still greater is the error IN classifying
Tennessee among the loyal States at the
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1lr. S. S. Hayes may enter complaint,
OF the Chicago organ Of JEFF. Davis may do
30 for him, in consequence Of the reception
Of his reccnt speech in defense Of Slavery,
at Portland. It was greeted with hisses
By his fellow excursionists, and the Comp
troller Of the city Of Chicago "dried up"
or, What was more graceful, went of into
the prophetic platitudes in which excur-
siunists are wont to indulge. Mr. Hayes
is not ass enough not to have learned by
t1lis time, that, in the changes Of public
opinion, due to the rousing Of the public
conscience, the time is not far distant
when the defenders of Slavery will be
ranked with the apologists for murder,
arson o. incest. But he probably forgot
That he was not speaking in 1858. Let the
anger and disgust that his words excited
be q lesson that he will not forget.
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Ausu5.lEeni4

nTcVICKEK'S THEATRE.
NI Madison street, between Dearborn sud Stats.
NJ The best ventilated Theatre tao zo:id-
TUESDAY ard WEDNESDAY EVENINGS. Aug.
l1th and 18th. 1s5s.
THIRD WEEK OF
MIR. +. f.. mcDONOUGH,
T., II. great and ar1c1, nj characters OF MOTHER PLrro
md CrP1p In The gorgeous spectacle Of the dsy
TEE SEVEN SISTERS,
which has proved the greatest success oS the seas9
having been Witnessed during the past TWO "teN ~
over E1snrK1S TnoCsAND FxKeoNs. AID resetfsd
With stepIs Of LAUGHTER AND APPLACsx II VII %
rsreaitt eEc:1 eyentrg TIL further nottca Win IL
sparkling
LOCAL HITS,
FXrEIG1yc SoHGs.
GRAxD RAILET DANCES,
CONC blSELSG.
NK1RH ECCKyEEfGlTIK3.
ZoUAvE MAECuAND DELL
Be TWENTY YOUNG LADIES.
brilliant TAnLKAUI, Including tho SIEGE OF
VI:ksRCK9. The piece terminates 1t halEpass 1sn
O'Clock With tho mort oEgeous sce1a ever Witnessed
THE BIRTH OF THE BUTTERFLY.
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large secession element, and where two years
ago he was unable to reside from danger to
his life. shows the most gratifying progress
In public sentiment.
Another thing shoTn By this election. Il
the complete Identification Of the Claybauks
and Copperheads. The men who brought
cut Bogy as . candidate lave voted for Scott
Personally Bogy has been prominent and
the bulk Of his vote from the Radicals on
personal grounds, while his profsssea sup
rorters have gone with the Copperheals,
This, rs we announced before the election.
WAS the design from the outset.
The counties yet to hear from, with one cx-
ception, will favor Lindsay. Besides this,
there is a considerable army yote from Vfcks-
burGand elsewhere to come In, which will be
mostly for Lindsay. It is likewise asceetained
that In several localities where Scott has got
his heaviest vote, the Convention oath Of
loyalty was dispensed With, which makes it
clearly Illegal.
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Inquiry ia sometimes made as to how Val
landie ham, In case Of his election as Governor,
is to get Columbus The chances Of the loyal
people Of Ohio making him their Chiet Ma.
gistfate are 20 exceedingly small, that this
question is hardly worth considering, Jet it
seems that his friends lave actually given It
serious thought, and the result Of their delib-
esations, we understand, was announced by
Mr.. Cox, in his speech here on Wednesday.
Hu said that in case their Slate ticket was sue
cessfnl, Pugh would appear at the proper
time and be Installed as Lieutenant Governor,
when, from the State House steps, he would
call three times for sVa1Iandigham, the Gov
ernor elect, and If he did not come, he {Pugh)
as acting Governor, would call ont the State
militia, and at the head Of two hundred thou
sand men march to the Canada line and escort
Val. to the Capital. That Il the programme,
as announced by Cox. We understand 1t was
received with about the same applause as met
all hik yagar1es.
However ridiculous such stuff may appear
to reasoning men. it is just the pabulum for
the mass Of those who follow the Copperhead
demagogues now scattering the seeds Of riot
and bloodshed through she State Supple
Performers like Cox know very well what
Kind Of tricks take best with the material they
rely On for supEoft.
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LeGrand Bsington passed through this city
yesterday morning with the nomination OF 4
bsecches pocket-beiag the result Of the Cop
perhead Central Committee's deliberations at
Burlington on Thanksgiving Day-Which was
the substitution Of Gen. Tuttle for Mr. Fisher
on their ticket, the latter having declined:
Gen. Tuttle Is ron IN the service Of his
country in the field, and Is either earnestly in
favor Of the war or Is hypocdticallg engaged
In It for the sake Of 4 Brigadier Generals pay.
He presents tue siogular nnomaly, however,
of being the candidate OF party avowedIy
and bitterly opposed to the war and In favor
tion thus insu1ting his honor and staltifyiog
his manhood, remains to be seen. If he does
accept, the hypocrisy Of the platform or the
heartlessness Of the candtdate-perhaPs both
will disgust all honest meD, and platform
and candidate must link Into depth OF in.
fanny from which they can neyer be resurrect-
cd.-Dd.xnport Gd*ftee, dug. 8h.
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We learn tllat during the last ten days
more than twenty regiments have arrived in
Helena, all reporting to Major General Steele,
who Is now In command OF the 10th army
corps. Minor General Prentiss stil1 COM
manls the district and Brigadicr General
Salomon is In command Of the s'forces and
dcfcncss." The following are the regiments
at the place:
s5th Missouri infantry, S2d Iowa infantry,
23th Iowa infantry, 36th Iowa infantry, 40th
Iowa infantry, 2slh Wisconsin infantry, 25th
Wisconsin infantry, eth Wisconsin Infantry.
18th Michigan, 5ul Kan.a= cavalry, lst 1ndt-
ara infantry, 43d Illinois infantry, 18th ILL
noie infaniry, l0GtA Illinois infAutfy, 61st
uli1ols infantry, l2Gth Illinois infantry, Cd
Iowa battery, battery 4, 1st no. light artil-
lely, 5lh Ohio battery
1t seems that there exists some difficulties
between Major General Steele and Gen. Prcn-
tiss in regard to tie command Of these forces,
which, it is said, are to form an expedition
agallet Little Rock and some other impor-
tont points in Arkansas Both the Generals
claim to be in commaad-General Prentsss
because he Was located at tho place from
which the expedition was to start, and Gen.
Steele because he has been expressly ordered
to take that command by Major General
Grant
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What Gen. jackson Would Have Done
Win Vallaudlsham3

We commend TO the Va1landlghnm DEMO-
crats the following extract from one Of Jack
sons letters. It Was written to Nj. Monroe
On TIC Glib Of January, 1877, and may be found
on page 592 OF Haudalls Life Of Jefferson,
volume !. Tins spoke the old Hero: II am
free to declare, lad commanded the military
derartment where the Hartford Convention
met, Fit had been the last act Of my life, I
should hare punished the three principal lead
eTs Of the party. / am certain m independ-
ert court martial wonld hare condemned them
under the I'd section Of the act establishing
rules and regulations tor the government Of
the army Of the United States.''
Comment is needless,
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The following Is the order recently Issued
By The GeneselIn Chief Of the army, for the
repression Of guerilla outrages on the line Of
the Orange & Alexandda Railroad. We find
i. Incorporated in an order from Gen. How
ard to his command, the 11th corps:
INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE EGEsERA1r1S-cu1EF.
The numerous depredations committed by
citizens, rebel soldiers in disguise. harbored
and concealed by citizens along the Orange g
Alexandria Railroad, and within our lines,
call for prompt and exemplary punishment.
You will, therefore, arrest and conftne TOR
punishment or put beyond our lines every cit
fzen against whom there is sufficient evidence
Of his having engaged In these practices; yoa
viii also notify The people within ten miles OF
lie railroad that they will be held responsible
IN their persons aud property, for any injury
done to The road, trains, aepots, OF stations,
by citizens, guerillas, or persons III disguise,
niad In case Of such injury, they Will be I'M: .
pressed rs labore1s to repair all damages II
these measures should not stop such depre.
dutions, the entire inhabitants Of the district
of country along The 1nilroad will be put
across the line and their property taken TOR
Coycrnn1c1t uae. II. ". HALLECK,
Gene!al-ia- Chief
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We assume, from our knowledge OF the
flisnosition Of the authorities at Washing
ton, that further proceedings. under the
draft in the city OF New York, will not be
long delayed. Lest we should be mistaken,
we beg those authorities to understand
that New York presents a crucial test-if
they cannpt draft there, they can draft no
where; and the war will languish until it
dies out On each side from sheer inability
to carry it on. This is a fact that the
President will surely bear in mind, and
unon which, he will act, even though he
sheuld be compelled to call al Of Grant:
army to his aid.
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Gl)ieaeo Qribn'1t'
IRRIGATION AND RELIGION.

The Chicago organ Of JEFF Davis, haV-
ing annihilatcd the nine hundred Yankee
..choo] ma.ams assembled here to take part
in the Teachers National Convention,
now charges upon the Chicago clergy who
had the temerity to observe Thanksgiving
Dav. That's The course that the apo1o-
rists and defenders Of Slavery have always
misunderstanding first Education and
tlcn Religion. Why not? Are not Ignor-
ancc and Atheism the parents, as they arc
The nurses and defenders, Of the institu-
lion I"
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Tho Third DIAtrict In Missouri.
rFtom the Missouri Uemocrat.1

The race in this district between Lindsay
and Scott promises to be verg close. Lind
soy makes a much better run than we antici-
pated would be the case, after the Claybank
bolt. and the bringing out Of Bogy as can
didate. The candidates wero Scott, seces.
eionist; Lindsay, Unconditional Union aud
Radical Emancipation; and Bogy, C1aybark
nrd Gambleite, running on the Convention
Ordinance platform. Bogy was brought out
late in the canvass, and for the solo purpose
Of taking away Votes from and defeating
Lindsay. In this object the authors Of the
movement may be successful, as 1t Ia very
would have been himself elected. As It Is,
whether elected or not, the splendid vote he
has obtained In the district containing very
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outset Of the war. It was Then completely
IN the hands Of the rebels. Not one acre
Of it was controlled py the federals, and
not until many bloody battles we're fought
and torrents ct blood spilled, did the
Union flag get foothold On its soil It's
true that q majority Of the people Of East
tennessee preferred the OLD Union from
the first; but they were quickly overrun,
and conquered; many were hung OF shot;
others were ex1ed' but thousands were
forced into the rebel ranks to serve as COL
scripts, where they are to this DAY. len
nessee has furnished rebel armies Win
10000 men. And It was only "hen our
troops captured Nashsa1le tnat refugees
and deserters began to make their way Into
our lines and join our ranks There have
been more seccsslonlsts In Illinois eVcr
since the war began than there We're
Unionists in Tennessee or Missouri at the
commencement Of the contest.
The Times also c1assifes Kentucky,
Maryland and Delaware among the loyal
States when the war broke out. The first
named Of these furnished the rebels 5000
soldiers during the first six months of the
war; and not half so MANY for the Union,
1t is only last week that 500 Ken
tucky gueri!las, under John Morgan and
Basil Duke. swan the Cumberland. en-
yp1tts to Ohio and Indiana, and 4,50O were
killed or captured after crossing the Ohio.
Kentucky was held tn her Union moorinps
hv ITO 900 volunteers from the great free,
warlike States Of Ohio. Indiana and lii
no;c wbo ofter much hard firbtlnp ex-
nellcd the rebels from that State.
At the outset Of the war. MARYLAND was
decidedly on the side Of the rebels, and
during the first eighteen months Of the
struggle furnished more volunteers for
Jeff. Dayis' armies than for the Union
a1ny. The bayonets Of Northern soldiers
have expelled the armed Maryland rebels
from that State.
Delaware has done less for the rebels
| o,a roore FIR the Union. in proportion to
a1o .n'Ae ~ -. s.
us saenseu' ea..1 sAN5 o@1e4 -s,~'e 49, ~,
samply because tneie "1e ae" s1a' o. s''.''
delaware sent quite a number Of men to
flo rehc1 service and helped the cause by
conveying them coutraband information,
| in which also the secesn Of Maryland have
hccn largely and actively employed.
ria It trne tbst all the neonle of West
ern vircinia were 1oyal ut the beginning of
the xar. Far iron it. More rebels there
+ook I'M arms for JEFF. Davis than for the
Union. and the LOYALTY of Western Vir-
, oi,;a 1ras of the most inert. apathetic sort
nnt;, ,he volunteers of Ohio and Indiana
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Statistics From the Surgeon General.
Dr. J, H. B.inton, O. S. Y, now engaged
On the Surgical History Of the Rebellion, has
prepared report Of the number of surgical
operations performed in the army hospitals.
The following operations we1o performed du-
ring the months Of September, October, No
yember and December, 1882: :. =:
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HosecrnnAs Advice to va11and1sha1n.
Tie Day ton (O.) Journal tells the follow

ing:
Apropos Of Vallandfgham. We have the
story on good authority. When Vallandig-
hum arrived at MurfIeesboro', General Rose
Grams went to see him. II wanted to zee
you," said the General l-''I wanted to see you,
Vallandigham. to see whether you had ras-
er ab1uptly-and bringing down the fore do
ger Of his figEt hand il that rapier-like style
II hIch is conspicuous feature Of his gesticll.
latlon when he Is In terrible earnest-6e said
"Vallandigham, don't you come back here.
H-you-do-Vallsudlgham, I'll 1s-d-and,
mar God forgive me for the exp1es=ioa-Fn
pleased to remem5er that the General SAYS be
"Ieyer b1aspAemes, but sometimes s.cecrs.'
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Nal. GEN. McCIERNAND.-Thc rumor put
in circulation from Washington a few days
ago, to the effect that Gen. McClernand had
rendered his resignation, We learn to be with
out foundation.
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STARVATION kWD UNI0NISN IN
mISSISSIRPI.
On the 31st ult., Col Wilson, Provost
Marshal of Vicksburg, stated to our cor
respondent that such was the condition to
which the planters for several miles around
Ticksburg were reduced, that entirely new
arrangements had to be made By the chief
of the Comnissa1iat for their relief the
regular plan Of drawing ratons, in turn,
at Vicksburg being totally inadequate.
Said Col. Wilson, II sincerely believe
IS that hundreds Of the leading families il
tthis region arc in imminent danger Of
e starvation" Gen. Grant has ordered
that depot for supplying the inhabitants
be established on the Big Black, eighteen
or twenty miles from Vicksburg. As has
been before stated, planters come in for
supplies from twenty-five and thirty miles
back Of Vicksburg. Their horses and
mules in many instances have been taken
from theu-as oftcn by the rebel as the
federal army; and thus men who OWL
thousands Of acres have not the means Of
getting to. Vicksburg and carrying home
their subsistence rations, and, besides fur
pishug these, the Government must farn-
ISL transportation nearly to their own
doors-in fact Government teams are lent
by Qu21termasters, in cases of emergency,
for this purpose.
Gen. 10. johnson seems to hs7e made
m ,,f7t,rt whatever to afford relief to these
thousands upon thousands Of enthusiastic
rche1 "cltizens of the Confederacy," but
to have in many instances stripped them
of everything that could furnish subsistence
TO his soldiers, Tegardles Of the "consdtu-
-tional hghts'' Of the civilians. These
hcts have aroused the indignation
Of those Of the leading planters in West
ern Mississippi, who lave any common
sense left; and delegations hare recently
waited upon Gen Grant to represent that
Il not inconsiderable portion Of tho people
Of that trcgion are disguised With the treat
ment they hare received from the Confcd-
cracy, and between that feeling and des-
pair in regard to the prospects Of the rebel
government ever being established,
Union sentiment is increasing. Our cor
respondent asce1tained that Gen. Grant
himself places g1sst reliance upon these
representations, and considers Mississippi
In fair Way Of coming as an humble and
=, patient candidate for re-admission to all
the privileges Of member Of the Union
and not asking to have the old order Of
things in regard to slavery restored. =.
In view Of this State Of things, we'll
informed parties 1t V1cksburg express
great confidence that in the spring Of 1854,
the crops in Western Mississippi will be
put into the ground by the native citizens,
IN peace-a peace arising from. complete
submission in all that region, to the old
Government
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~ The Iowa State Agricultural Fair will
DC he!d At Dubuque, on the 18th, 18th, 18th
and 18th Of September. Every thing prom
Ices that the Fair will be just representa-
ton Of the agricultural condition OF the.
Northwest.
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TEACHERS EXCURSION,

National TeacherAs 4 Association Excur-
elo1l from Chicago to UubuQue-An
Attractive Sight OF tAc PEnirfnr-The
Chicago ScccSh Organ among the Tx-
eurslouisfs-At DHbulue-Eor Cedar
Falls.
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a newspaper N NEW los6, speaH11g 01~
Postmaster Blair, Gays:
"When he proposes to depoH the black
population from the country he Is grieTouSly
mistaken. It would be the death. blow to the
prosperity OF one half the States and deep
injury to the whole"
VIII i. not stagger tie credulity Of sensible
men to be told that the above bit tgood sense
is from the n. 7. Herald.
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LARGE AND IMPORTANT SALE OF
CONDEMNED AND CApTURED
HORSES AND MULES.

HORSES AND MULES.
gefss S 81 rsss
ne th d&5 c. August. 1ss2 and continuing Tor tHa
1o1. 1,tcEorses
ID :. ttLarGe. Fiaa Brood Mares
&c :; II Mules.
TERMs-tt:l IN Treasury Eotes.
BIZ oz1er t: ALoyZ0 EATON
LIEUTENANT and Acting Assistant Q.N.
E.&W ORGAN. .Auetfoneers.
ND-l.- ,oor il situated 1t sha junction Of the III.
nsis ce1t's 6ad st. Louis. Alton aad Isrss asasa y
4 UCTION SALE OF FARM
"A MORTGAGES AND. TOWN nONDS-Wln b.
a 'oBs soal Il y eoars &c I'll oa.s q
the thirteenth day ef Angrst 1853 At ID O'Clock ia
s.
STATE Of WscoDa.n tor etock In tho Eaeiaa and MI
beRR. fbssRR ssd ay e; 9 81
loth ISIS With per gent interest sayabla annually.
- esa sa,q + faS5sd
E!edJ Fs5tenda19 to ne Eae5e and Ms2!sIppi R.:!-
Il es 5a ia Ut IL aa u Fsss
laaa; n the town Of Bradford. Rock csuat7, W1fr
ne,e aSs sss TT yho1:sna n9,,.ss Esss ss
!ssest psyabis annually lnts:ess | P4id ss Es6ras;
p L @ ssa q &
~ ~ e Eivs au3atee DoE..s: e,yss .s, :,
ss 1s ~
E:EasaP 1iiss: iaDss ;To sa' in the county
Rets & 81: "a 3e
Tosd s9 &C. - asti ss sp pspads III
cent. interest paid 10 Aay II 1851 secured y mon.