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By the following letter it will be seen that fifty patents for Ten Section claims demanded at the Land Office. Thirteen sections and half of land have been selected and sold, instead of ten We should like explana ton of this matter The Gazette gives the letter, but makes comment upon it. What does it mean! Have ee sections and ha been soldand is the State still one Hoasaad dollars i'll debt account of the State House' If so there is something behind the curtain. The people would like expose of the whole natter They would like to whom the Ten Section claims were sold, and what price paid for each portion Can tho Gazette, any public ofcer give abstract fit! We will publish it with pleasure. We have un derstood that the committee that subject found difficulty in getting the bottom of the affair." Let have light.

 GENERAL LAND OFFICE, 26 Oct, 1s36

 SIR--0f the Ten Sections granted to the Territory of Arkansas by the act of 2dd March, 1881, and 4 July, 1852, thrty-six quarters have been patented, leaving but four more for which patents can be legally issued and, as It ascertained that the Governor of Arkansas selected hliy-four quarters and fractional quarters, instead of forty this office applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for his decision to what principle should govern reducing the locations to the number and quantity authorized by the act The Se- cretary decided that the rule which seemed least liable to exception, was to issue the patents In the order of the date of the purchase and assignment; and, it is impossible for this office to observe this rule, until ad vsed of the dates of the several deeds from the Gov ernor, which have not been presented have to re- quest that you will be pleased to give public notice, n such way as you may think will best accomplish the object, 10 all holders of deeds from the Governor of Arkansas, who have not fotwaTded the same to this office, to send them up immediately, that patents may issue for the four quarters that be legally patented, according to the rule of tie Secretary of the Treasury have the honor to be, &c.

 ETHAN A. BROWN, Commissioner. His Excellency JAMES s. CONWAY,

 Goreaaor of arkansas.