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to Mr Morrison who had him brought into court He cursed & defied the authority of the court whereupon he was fined thirty dollars for contempt of court. The young bloods of the town gatherd around the office to intimidate the Agent who notwithstanding inflicted the fine. The young man is very much displeased and enraged at the fine. The town paper here also published a batch of falsehoods about the matter and I called upon him to day and he agreed to correct the matter in his next paper. 

The young man Petty is also through a Lawyer