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 686 CLINTON were 93,770 bushels of wheat, 1,147,395 of In- dian corn, 239,598 of oats, 62,759 of potatoes, 7,382 tons of hay, 200,688 Ibs. of butter, and 44,714 of wool. There were 6,095 horses, 1,504 mules and asses, 4,224 milch cows, 9,433 other cattle, 14,096 sheep, and 25,921 swine; 5 manufactories of carriages and wagons, 6 of saddlery and harness, 6 of tin, copper, and sheet-iron ware, 2 wool-carding and cloth- dressing establishments, 4 saw mills, and 6 Hour mills. Capital, Plattsburgh. CLINTON, a city of Clinton co., Iowa, on the Mississippi, about 42 m. above Davenport ; pop. in 1870, 6,129. The river is here crossed by an iron drawbridge, 4,100 ft. long, which cost $600,000. The Chicago and Northwestern railroad has here its repair shops, and there is a large number of saw mills, one of which is capable of producing 200,000 ft. of lumber a day. There is a national bank, and a tri- weekly and three weekly newspapers, of which one is in German. In 1871 there were 26 pub- lic schools, with 28 teachers and 1,331 pupils. CLINTON, the name of several towns and vil- lages in the United States. I. A town of Wor- cester co., Mass., on Nashua river, 32 m. W. of Boston ; pop. in 1870, 5,429. It is a thriving manufacturing place, and contains a number of large mills and factories, supplied with water power by the Nashua river. The principal es- tablishments are 2 cotton mills, with 24,612 spindles, manufacturing 4,353,362 yards of ginghams annually, and employing 340 males and 560 females, capital $840,000 ; 1 woollen carpet mill, with 3 sets of machinery, manu- facturing 364,300 yards of carpeting, and em- ploying 161 males and 172 females, capital $500,000 ; 1 manufactory of hollow ware and castings, capital $10,000; 1 of cotton, woollen, and other machinery, capital $20,000; 8 of combs, capital $10,200; 1 of wire cloth, capi- tal $100,000; and 1 of hoop-skirt material, capital $12,000. There are employed in the manufacture of boots and shoes 58 males and 25 females ; value of product, $121,500. The Lan- caster or gingham mills are thought to be the most complete of the kind in the United States. The buildings occupy four acres of ground on the bank of the stream; this company also manufactures counterpanes ; it has a dye house, said to be the best in the world. The Bigelow carpet company produces superior Brussels car- peting. There are several handsome churches, good schools, and a weekly newspaper. The Boston, Clinton, and Fitchburg, and the Wor- cester and Nashua railroads pass through the town. II. A post village of Kirkland township, Oneida co., N. Y., built on both sides of Oris- kany creek, and on the Chenango canal, 7 m. S. W. of Utica; pop. in 1870, 1,640. It is the seat of Hamilton college, and contains several churches. (See HAMILTON COLLEGE.) A weekly paper and a monthly periodical are published here. The Utica, Clinton, and Binghamton railroad passes through it. ill. A borough and township of Hunterdon co., N. J., 81 m. N. W. of Trenton ; pop. of the township in 1870, 3,134 ; of the borough, 785. It is situated on the south branch of Raritan river, and con- tains several mills and factories. The sur- rounding country is very productive and highly cultivated, and is noted for its limestone quar- ries. A weekly newspaper is published here. The New Jersey Central railroad passes through it. IV. A post village and the capital of E. Fe- liciana parish, La., 85 m. N. W. of New Orleans ; pop. in 1870, 930, of whom 297 were colored. Two weekly newspapers are published. A railroad connects it with Port Hudson. CLINTON, Charles, the ancestor of the Clin- tons in New York, born in the county of Long- ford, Ireland, in 1690, died in what is now Orange co., N. Y., Nov. 19, 1773. His grand- father was an adherent of Charles I., and after the defeat of the royalists fled for refuge to the north of Ireland ; and his mother was daughter of a captain in the parliamentary army. Hav- ing determined with a number of his friends to emigrate to America, he chartered a ship, and sailed for Philadelphia, May 20, 1729. After a passage marked by the attempt of the cap- tain to starve the passengers in order to possess their property, and in which after the death j of several, among whom were a son and daugh- ter of Mr. Clinton, it was proposed, but not at- tempted, to wrest the command from the cap- tain, he was landed with his companions, Oct. 4, at Cape Cod. The place for a permanent settlement was selected in the spring of 1731 in Ulster co., N. Y., about 6 m. W. of the Hud- son river, and 60 m. N. of New York city. Mr. Clinton was chiefly occupied as a farmer and land surveyor, but was also judge of the county court, and in 1756 was appointed lieu- tenant colonel, and served with two of his sons in the expedition against Fort Frontenac. CLINTON, De Witt, an American statesman, grandson of the preceding, and son of James Clinton and Mary De Witt, born at Little Bri- tain, New Windsor, Orange co., N. Y., March 2, 1769, died in Albany, Feb. 11, 1828. His descent on the father's side was from English ancestors long domiciled in Ireland, and on the mother's side he was of Dutch and French ex- traction. His education was begun in a gram- mar school near his home, continued at the academy in Kingston, and completed at Colum- bia college, where he bore away the college honors in 1786. He immediately engaged in the study of the law under the instruction of Samuel Jones in the city of New York, and was admitted to the bar in 1788. His ardent temper and earnest ambition carried him at once into the political field, and his sentiments, sympathies, and affections determined his po- sition under the banner of his kinsman George Clinton, the chief within the state of the re- publican party. While the question of the adoption of the federal constitution was yet a subject of popular discussion, he proved his zeal and controversial power by writing a series of letters signed "A Countryman," in