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Blank No.1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The rules of this Company require that all messages received for transmission, shall be written on the message blanks of the Company, under and subject to the conditions printed thereon, which conditions have been agreed to by the sender of the following message. Column 1 JOHN VAN HORNE, Gen'l Sup't} LOUISVILLE, KY. } Column 2 WILLIAM ORTON, Pres't} NEW YORK. O.H. PALMER, Sec'y,} Dated Pine Bluff 31 1869 Received at L Rock Dec 31 To Capt Wm. M. Colby Supt Education All night I will wait next boat from Little Rock. J. N. Clark af 15 paid 3 (circled)