Telegram from Major L. Wailes to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 6, 1862

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Telegram from Major L. Wailes to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 6, 1862

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People

Green, Norvin, 1818-1893 Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Wailes, Unknown

Events

Military Events--Capitulations

Organizations

Watercraft Watercraft--Baker (Steamer)

Occupations

Engineers

Places

Kentucky--Jefferson County. Louisville Mississippi--Adams County. Natchez Mississippi--Lincoln County. Brookhaven

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South-Western Telegraph Company.

THE PUBLIC are notified, that in order to guard against mistakes in the transmission of messages, every message of importance ought to be repeated, by being sent back from the station at which it is to be received to the station from which it is originally sent. Half the usual price for transmission will be charged for repeating the message, and while his company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to ensure correctness, it will not be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmissions or delivery of repeated messages, beyond an amount exceeding two hundred times the amount paid for sending the message; nor will it be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission of unrepeated messages, from whatever cause they may arise, nor will it be responsible for delays arising from interruptions in the working of its Telegraphs, nor for any mistake or omission of any other Company, over whose lines a message is to be sent to reach the place of destination.

All messages will hereafter be received by this Company for transmission, subject to the above conditions.

N. GREEN, Pres't, Louisville, Ky.

Sept 6 18612

By Telegraph from Natchez 6 18612
To Gov Pettus

The Boats have drawn off will return in a few days the City will not Surrender Send us Artillery Submarines Guns and one Engineer also all the force you Can Spare the Steamboat Baker is up and Can bring them down if not Send via Brookhaven Answer

Wailes
Maj

47 Collect

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Wailes defence of Natchez.

Sept 1862