Telegram from Captain H. N. Morton forwarded to General Dabney H. Maury; November 24, 1864

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Telegram from Captain H. N. Morton forwarded to General Dabney H. Maury; November 24, 1864

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Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900 Morton, H. N.Van Horne, Jonathon

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United States. Army United States. Army. Artillery United States. Army. Cavalry

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Telegraph Company Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Ky.)Watercraft

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Alabama Alabama--Mobile County. Mobile Bodies of Water--Mississippi. Big Black River Mississippi--Hinds County. Clinton Mississippi--Hinds County. Edwards Mississippi--Noxubee County. Macon

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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 transmis-sion will be charged for repeating the message; and while this Company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to ensure correctness, it will not be responsible for mistakes or delays in the trans-missions 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 trans-mission of unrepeated messages, from whatever cause they may arise, nor for delays arising from interruptions in the working of its telegraphs, nor for any mistake or omission of any other Compa-ny, 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.

JNO. VAN HORNE, Pres't, Mobile, Ala.

Mobile Nov 24 1864

By Telegraph from Edwards Depot 23 1864
To Via Clinton Miss 7 PM for'd from Macon " 24th

Gov Clark
Care Genl Maury

Enemy about five thousand strong Cavalry Infantry & Artillery made their appearance at Big Black this morning about 11 o'clock They are now laying pontoons—I do not think they will cross before daylight in morning

H. N. Morton

Capt Comdg Div
Scouts

35 pd 875

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[Gen?]

I send you the dispatches. If you decide it necessary to do anything tonight please inform me

Yours Respectfully

Chas Clark

Maj Gen Maury