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9 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. O.H. PALMER, Sec'y. 3 WILLIAM ORTON, Pres't Demopolis Ala July 7 1868 Received at Montgomery July 7 To Maj Geo Shorkley A A G C.L. Drake wishes Com of absence from eleventh 11 to Eighteenth 18 instant inclusive. Competent Clerk will take his place. Answer. C.W. Pierce 20 Ds 125 Paid N P