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whose boldness is often unparalled.  Their operations are confined to the night season and they are usually masked.  The citizens are unable to discover their names or their rendezvous.  A fact not remarkable when it is understood that these counties are full of persons travelling from one section to another discreetly clad but without visible means of support.
After a tedious days march I encamped about four miles west of Grove Hill the shire town of Clark Co.
Early Friday morning I entered Grove Hill, I inquired for Judge Bettis the Probate Judge to whom I have been referred as a very reliable and practical man.  He was not in town but his son sent to his plantation some 4 miles distant and the Judge immediately came in. 
I found him to be all he was recommended.  He had not seen General Order No. 7 but upon reading it he immediately accepted its jurisdiction and pledged me the acceptance of the same by the two Justices of the Peace of Clark Co.
I found a vast improvement in this county in respect to the restoration of civil authority.  Their officers are all qualified and at work.  A very respectable weekly paper is here published and the issue of the morning of my arrival contained General Order No 12 with editorial comments quite creditable and satisfactory.
I obtained a copy of the paper but it has become mislaid.