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the i4th of Nov, 1862, in hope Of rblessfal ip,- mortality. Rev. pr. G. C. Sadler, in the fifty second year of his age The subject of this notice was born in Pendle- ton District, South Cagoina-came ta Arkansas in early Iife-has been twice aAmember of the legsla- ture once a-delegate to the anaSt3l conference of the M ?. Chuech., eg,~> >citlen,4 knd hu5. bapd-and an indulgcnt f,tIher raercifa masfeFs but he is gone from the church below rae church above.
 fsin wonl l.reep. but what of tears,
 So tears of mine could eer recall him,
 Nor sioulI wish that groyiingraFe-;
 Carts like Rline should e'or beall him
 He E. sts iu realEs of light aud love
 lie dwells upon the mount ot goIy,
 Ee ga,sks in boan cf eliss above,
 Au3 !outs to tell siie pleasing story. He leaves wife and seven children, with many friends b mourn his loss. Peace to his ashes.
 K. Born.
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nearly certain to be killed or wounded. As another instance of retribution we may notice striking fact. A federal regiment that was at Batesvlle in this State, from Wisconsin, we believe was noted for its disregard of decency and the outrages committed by it's. officers and men. It reached Helena 800 strong. There it lost about 200 by sickness and in skirmishes. It was sent to Kentucky and al the battle of Perryville, its colonel marched 1t up in front of a regiment from Arkansas, suppos;ng the latter to be part of the abolition force, nor did he discover his mistake till our men had fired twice, killing and wounding the greater part of them. Out of regiment l,l09 strong, only ITO were left, and the williams who had com mitted outrages in Arkansas soil, met desery- ed fate at the hands of Arkansiand on the dark and bloody ground of Kentucky.
 - Gen. Bragg has issued an admirable order. He will permit no soldier or citizen liabe'to mili- tary duty to hold staff offices quartermasters, mssarys and other clerks. These duties can be performed by lame and aged persons, just as well as by sturdy men who domineer over soldiers and put on airs while they are skulking from field ser vice.
 - Among the arrivals at tiIc Chicago City Hotel on the lst of December, find the name of. D. G. Cromwell, from Little Rock.
 = In Lncoln's Congress, Cox, of Ohio, offer ed a resolution condeming arrests githout charges and demanding speedy trial for all persons i'm prisoned in the forts end jails, and the abolition Congress knocked it "higher rose kite" by {; vote of 80 to 40 to table it.
 - On Thursday, the 27th ult., all the politi cal prisoners confined in Fort Lafayette, in New York harbor, were released; some unconditional, and some on parole. Pierre Soule was among then and is now at the New York hotel.
 - The steamer Blackhawk, owned by N F Tullmadge, of Memphis, which was engaged Il the cotton stealing business, collided with th' White Cloud on the 26th ult,, near President Island and went under.
 - The accounts of the famine in Eng glant are dreadful.
 - Two or three thousand soldiers from Cali fornia, on their wayto join Lincoln's army, wer stopped at Salt Lake City, and ordered to romail among the Mormons. Brother Brigham is in grea distress and {: the sisters" are closely watched- The soldiers de.se all kinds of plans to get in tn Mormon seraglios.
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Ordinance NO. l52.
C0NCERNING GROCERIES.

SECTION |. E. t or9qined Jy ths Hayor aa2 AldrTn'oa q the ely 2f Little Rock, That from and alteg this date December I2th, ISG2 it's declared to be unlawful to venj, within said city, any ar dent mixtures or maltliquors in any quantity vim places kept for that purpose, are hereby declared to be closed.
 SEc. ,. Beuftrtber ordaintd, That all Licenses heretofore granted for the purpose of vending in said city, any ardent vinous or mixed liquors, are hereby revoked, and ceclared void
 Adopted in Council, 18th December. lo62.
 A. J. SMITH, City Recorder. APPROVED 12th December, 1862.
 Wm. r. ASHLEY Mayor.
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MATTERS ABOUT MEMPHIs.-W ithin the past two or three months persons who have visited or passed through Memphis, brought us accounts of the tur buent. mutnous disposition cfthe federal soldiers. and of outr,ges done by them. The crimes com mitted by them were hushed up, and the outrages in the country about Memphis were never permit ted to be talked about. Murders were frequent, and there is scarcely family within reach of these villains that has not been robbed. A gen tEcmcn just from Memphis. who was there for a rsonh, tells US that when Grants troops left they set fire to the city different places, and when the fire engines were brought out, the soldiers ran their bavonets into the hose, or leather pipes in which the water is conveyed. A number of buildings were destroyed but the citizens succeeded in put ting out the fires.
 The new troops, who were in Memphis when our informant left are northwestern men. They de- clare that the opening of the Mississippi is the only induccmcnt to keep them in the army. They repudiate Lincoln's proclamation. A day or two before he left there was conflict between these troops and the negroes in which numbers of tue latter were killed. Three negroes, belonging to gentleman of this city, were seen lying dead in the street In fact, tLcse new troops kill negro upon the least proyocaton, and with as little com npuctjon as we would kill snake. meeting y,ss hold at Germantown, some fourteen or fifteen miles from Memphis, which ended in riot and pitched battle, wherein four hundred were killed .
 If q successful resistance is made at Vieksburg, t,esa no,thwc:tern troops will throw up theirarms. They openly declare that they prefer the South to New England and if the Mississippi Is not opened by Lincoln's army, they will enter into treaty with the Confederate government.
 From these things, as well as from the facts which leak out from other sources; from the tone of the papers ip the northwest, and the statements
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CFFIcE GoMMAxpASr .CoNscRIFTs,

LUlte kUch, laTH., DtC IUj IOV~9 The following opinion of His Excellency, Gov. Flanagan, aud order from Maj Sen1 Holmes, is published for the information Qf all concerned, and as instructions to the Enrolling Officers in the Dls- trict of Arkansas who will in all cases be govern ed strictly by the act of Congaess referred to; to- wit: the act known as the j. Exemption Law, approved llth Oct, 1862, which has been forward cd Rom this cifice for instruction.
 B. F. DANLEY, Col.
 Com'h ef Coascripts tor tie District ef Ars.
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Obituary .-AMEs II. LEWIS was killed at the Mitle of Richmond Ky, August 30th, 1862 in the

Twenty first year of his age. He volunteered in Capt. NJ e. GaIoway's company, in May, lS6l--- He fought tllrough.the battles of Oak Hill and Elk Horn. In the former he received severe wound, but as soon as he recovered he reioineti the army again After the battle of Elk Horn, he was re- moved east of the Mississippi river, and thence to Ky. In the battle of Richmond he was killed by a cannon ball while advancing on the enemy; ne was T brave and true soldier and much beloved bJ all who knew him. He was born ard raised in Fourche Township ,Palaski county, Ark and leaves an aged father and many friends to mourn his death. May God speak peace to their stricken hearts and comfort them with those words" the Lord siveth and the Lord saketA away, blessed pc the nane of the Lord" lNDEXED FANNIE.
 [Gazette please copy. l----'
 Departed this life in Franklin county, Ark, on
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Littte Rock, Ark, Dec. lst, IS62.

It Gen. HoLMEs-.
 Dear Sir: have considered the subje spoken of this morning at our interview.
 The idea of a plantation in the south associates with it u considerable negro force, negto quarter and an overseer or an owner who acts as overseor.
 No one would call farm cultivated by one or five negroes plantation, while all would call one cultivated by forty or fifty, plantation. The difficulty is in saving where the dividing line lies There being no certain and definite rule, it seems that the Confederate authorities, must ot act of Congress in relation to conscripts.
 Your ob't serv't,
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Orpheus c. Kerr and Gen. Pope's Cam

Arr;yin. near the celebrated .M6lassas June. ton, where a number of Maeci6erel5 were placing a number ofnew cars Snd locomotives on the track-the object being to delude the Southern Confederacy into takiug'a ride in them, when it was believed, the aforesaid Contederaey would speedily De destroyed by one of those " frighttul accidents without which 3 day. on any American railroad would be 9 perfect an onaly-arriving there, I say, Itook an irnme- diate survey of the appointed field of strife
 To tho inexperienced civilian eye, my boy, everything appeared to be in 2 state of chaotic confusion, which nothing but the military ge- nius of cur generals could make much worse. On all sides, my boy, behcld Macberel chaps .marehing and countermarehine: falling back. retiring, retreating, and making retr0gade m6re, ments. Some were looking for lteirregimsats, I which had become mixed with other regiments; some were insanely looking for their officers, as though they kid not know that the latter have resided permanently at Washington ever since the war commenced; some were making calls on others, and here and there might be seen squads of Confcderaces picking up any little things they might happsn to find. .H Finding the general of the mackerel brigade luncbing upon 8 bottle and tumbler near me, 1 saluted him, and says l; 4.
 "Tel me, my veteran, how it is that you pPTtUlb lUb LJUuGiiCIH SOulSNCidNI tO HitdIioCL thus within your iines?'
 The general looked toleratingly at me, and says be-
 II have plan to trap the Confd9racy, and end this doomed rebellion at one stroke. Do you mark that long train of army wagons down there near my quarter5?" + Well, then, my nice little boy" says the general cautiously, " I'll tell you what my plan | is. Those wagons contain the rations of our troops. It is. my purpose to induce the eele- brated. Confederacy to capture those wagons ! and attempt to eat those rations. If the Goa> federacy will only do that says the general Aerily, z it will be taken sick on the spot, and 1 and we shall capture 1t alive.
 ' could not but feel shocked at tAjs inifuman artifice, my boy. The sou,herners nave indeed acted ln~a way to forfeit all ordinary mercy, but still, we should abstain from any retaliatory act savoring of domaniac malignity. Our fees are at least human beings.
 Supprcssing my horror, however, l assumed practical aspect, and says l.
 \ "Bat how are the Mackerel warriors to sub | sist, my Napoleon, if you allow the rations to [ go?'
 Thunder" says the General, handing me a paper from his pocket. They are to subaist exclusively on the enemy. Just pcruse this document which have just illuminated. y .---- ~~
 Taking tho paper found it to be the follow ing:
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Fl U sTUBIAN, Aact'oaea,. has taken the store M. AIe g. street. formerly occupied by Messrs. Feiil poileYx iotte purpose of c5rryir General Auctrl Commission Euiuess in a t various branches, and from his long p1ence as Anctionetr f"ers hs.i tf give general satisfaction to ali wo may eBrust theiy bus
 ness o his care. lie will seil the H t:ln eitAe his elsewhere all kinds of personal or re estate such as Household Furniture. Dry Goods, HariVH Boots Shoes Hats, Cans, Watches, etc. Also hoases @ Tenes ntS Iofse CarriaSes, etc. Store op5a aad ready for the reception goods of all descriptions.
 B. Liberal cash advances male CT consignmPnts UNen required. H. ". SIUhnAA, At-tt1Heff'
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!
 VIM. 2. ASHLEY, Mayor
HEAD QrAarERs, TaANs- Mss. DEr'T,
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HEAD QrAarERs, TRANS Mss. DEr'T, z
 Little Rac5, Dee. 15th, lS62} SPECIAL ORDER No. Ii2.
 In obedience to the foregoing ordinance and resoutian adopted by the Mayor and Aldermen oi tue City of Little Rock, the commanding officer o- the post at Little Rock, and the camps in it's yicln ity chargedwith the execution of this resolution he will cause all l;quor-shops in he'city to be closed, ard all ardent spirits and malt liquors o be seized, if found in the possession Of any person caught in the net Of violating this ordinance. By command of Major General HOLMES:
 .-S. $. ANDERSON, Asst Att Cen. Dac I1th ls6l Au
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1'us Roll 6r HoyoR.-By joint resolution of the Legislature of Alabama, the 6overnoris au- thorizrd to prepare a book in which shall be placed the name, regiment and residence of e, cry soldier from that State who has died in the service of his country during the present war. The example IS worthy of being followed b5 ev- ery State in the Coriederaey.
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EXTRACT FROM RECORD.

Res2lDcd, That copy of aa ordinance, this da, passed. on the subject of groceries, be iurnishe, immediately to Lieut.. C cR, Homes, and that he ! hereby respectfully requested to have said orai ca.lll iHso si1ct ies such aaer 4s he ma. deetu advisable
 A.op.eG in council, 18th December, 1892
 4. J. SMITH, City Rec. APPROVED 18th Dee, 1869.
 VIM. F. ASHLEY, Mayor.
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II. FLANAGIN
u-. .s0.. nrrps Ii1ae PaeL noo.l6. lsG2.

HEADQUARTERS, Little Rock, Dec. Is, 1862. Col Daniey will publish this opinion, and will also issue and publish an order requiring the En- rolling Officers to be governed by the Confederate law of exempton of overseers, etc., in the State of Arkansas, as it is believed it in 10 way con ficts with the State law.
 ~ T. II. HOLMES,
 Major General.
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or -----COu0iy OUUIt'
 Ifwithin their knowledge, claimants should state where the officer or soldier was born, and when and from what cause he died, distinguish. ing those who were killed in battle, or died of
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of prisoners, we are satisfied that the aoon'ioh army is demoralzed, and that it requires al 'ne ability of those in command to keep 1t together
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TE1HE CQ-PART&ERSHIP heretofore existing between G tie undersigned, this day herebs dissolved by tuel consent R c Byrd having sold his interest to Wan Drake wois bonnfto pay a debts and i5 authorized to collect all claims due said firm. WI. DRAh
 RlCITD C. BYRD.
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ofF4cn OF RLer1vHa REAL EsFAsE BANK

 Debtors to e Real Estate Bank hereby notified that gkdaSaS if Bo4ds and Treasury Scrip issued prior to the 1st Nofember 1s62 are receivable in payment of ll ebts oer than those specially contracted to be paid n .gsld and silver coin. GORDON N. PEAT, Reseitef. DeF iw
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eyrasyED OR STOLEN from tha subscriber. living in = Prairie c1Haty, 1G miles from Little Rock. the ra
 road sorre HORSE. about 151 hands high years old last spring. one foot white, in ae condition without gear or saddle reward of S45 will be paid for the delivery the horse to if taken up n Prairie county, or $50 if taken out of said county. SAY DUftLi--
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The Change of the Revenue Laws.

We give, below, copies of the acts to suspend the collection of state taxes. It is singular that so many versions of this law have gone abroad fine most erroneous one being that it prevents corn ties and corporations from collecting taxes. It does not stop assessing or selling property for non- navrnent of county taxes. As measure of re- lief. it is decdly so to rich men, but not to the poor man, whose state taxes ranges from one cent to one dollar. In some localities it is said planters cannot raise the money to pay taxes, though among the small farmers money never was more pen tifuL We think the law will be a very unpopular one hereafter, though it voted for and passed bv the legislature with the best intentions and as 1neasnre of relief. Tax payers ard revenue officers will observe that it merely Suspends the collection of state taxes and that assessments will have to -be made ia the usual manner:
 AN ACT to repeal the re~enue laws of this state, and for other purposes.
 SEc. l. Be t enacted 6y tAe General Assembly cf t5e State of Arkansas That, all laws and parts of Jaws now in force in this state, authorizing any sheriff CT other person, to collect any state tax be and the same are, hereby suspended, until other s-viso provided by law; ProCi9ed, nothing herein 8 contained shall be construed as to prevent any collector from paving into the state treasury any taxes now in the hands of such collector, or to re lsase any such collector, his securities, from any nenaltv now imposed on them by law for falling Or refpsinr to pay into the s.ate treasury any state rercnne now in the hands Of such collector.
 crc. 9 Bel f1ythey enacted, That, to pay the ornenses of the government, or any appropriation o,t of the state treasury, now or hereafter to be made it shal be the duty of the auditor ot public accounts to draw his warrant on the state trea- surer upon which treasury warrants shall be issued without interest," which treasury warrants-shall be received in payment for any money due, or which fjay hereafter be due the state and in paymentlor any land belonging to the state, when the same shall he offered for sale or entry.
 r Approved, December lst, 1862.
 AN ACT supplementary to " An act to sus- ,,cnd the revenue laws of this state"
 Src. l. Dc t enacted Jytae General Assembly of ,Le Sfate Of ArkanSqs, 1Eaa nothing contained in the act entitled ' An act to suspend the reyeaue laws of this state passed at the present session of A legislature, shall be so construed to prevent fhe collectors Of the several counties of tlis state fora collecting the state taxes for the year lSGl oranv previous year, or any balance due thereon in the state or to the collector, naccordanco with tSe laws then in fierce.
 Sfc. ?. Be t ttytser enacted That the auditor ;s hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the .reosurer in favor c! hcsseyeral assessors of tis iIfa whose assessment has bcon or mag hereafter, Ia Sled according to the law, for the amount due .I,.gn. respectively, for such assess ment for the V .ar 1862. ar,
 : Approved, pscerbqr lst, lsC2'
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f-sso pTsr1LLE5ss WANTED at the Distillery Rock E p9rs Hot Sp.nz county Ark, for whom the highest prices wlshe paid. AKIN, CALLAHAN C9.
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FTsSAKEN UP on my hum miles northeast of Eulin
 Ii Ark, HORSE having the name of Capt @ E. Davis Company l. attached ih Thc of Fad horse c2a get him by calling on me apd pay!ng charges, etc
 pac n '3f* 0. [. BAILAY, Tulip, Ark.
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BY L0Sr blonging to my oifice liberal reward E HA will be paid the finder. H. N CASE: n IT
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LITTLE ROCK, DECEMBER r, lsa2-

ADVANCE IN TERms.-The price of the paper ano enormous cost connected with it, makes 1t neces- sary to increase our subscription price, Our terms hereafter, will be
 For one year,. ............-....$ 5 oo
 For six months,. ..,.......-.- $ oo i All our present subscribers will be furnished with thc paper, until their subscriptions e1pre = After that, they will have to be placed on the foot ing of new subscribers. It is now, over a month since VIC Refused to take new subscribers, until we were certain we could get supply Of paper.
 The advance in terms is matter of necessity and we regret it as much as others can, bnt t can nQsAo helped
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? A CNRN- N-ArcTrOM NCNTCE.

emTANTED --The urders:guel, wishes 10 purchase a er NEGRO MAN AND OMAN. Apply mmeliat.iy. Der r IL |. D. WlLLEFT.
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LIrrLE Nlck. AnE., pec. 0.h, Is0..

 4ll-,er,es of fc lst and I'd Arkansas Mounted Rifle menth 59ih and 3lst Arkansas Volunteers and ith Arka sas Battalion 9W in ArSanss who are not nov members Regiments in ts Trans Mississippi army whether on det otherwise will report to the officers ot their apaeya con their respective eCuns, cetle, by Special OrGFa No 3 of Maj8eA McCowu for tLH puf pose getting them together for duty with their comtu hen officers of the detail ascertain that any ot their men by ayrylu- Gen Holmes unless in special Ae may os t to retain them uiiti thicr laoes o D. II. REYNOLDS, It. Col.
 and Senior Officer of detaL Dee13 its
 HEADQUARTERS 2b DIVISION, AaMY EASE TEN: EssEz
 Lou1oa Tern Nov 18th, 1892 Special o4aer'No.2 2.
 IT. The following pamel officers Of the 3ls Aransls Vel urtos wi: proceed to Arkansas with the moaey surust- .er care, which they will deliver to tie families ot soldiers, taking receipts for the sane:
 Ii. Col. 3o}ason
 Company A--Lt. Bradley.
 CaIasny B--Lt J T. Law!er. . C5DpaEY CIt Beavers
 Company D.-I4- T. CulIurn.
 Company I.-Lt. Wa I.ins
 eenpary.F-Lt 5 I~win.
 Company G--'tt T. ]. Patty. Company Ii-Lt. sycu.
 Company Lit, Ford.
 Cclipaty Kit. Pon3Cgrast. yIf iho senior officer in charge v puilsh h order on his arrival convenient point the ueEt Of tie families H soldiers, stating where clothing, etc. can be lei IY Having transacted their business they will return m their comaans btingng with them gil tie recruits. scripts eni clothing that may Be procured under tho dir ton tf" seuor officer No officer viii be absent longer 
 By command of ALa Gen. 3oCow~;
 T. B. TREHEFANT. A. h. Gcu'l. Tn pereuancc cf the above triet.os hereby o~Gsr o officers ard soldiers bel ,ncu to the 3at hrkansas Re nlent report me Sugar Loaf Sprinc Van BEJ,a countp, Ark. ca the -7t of D,c, 1882
 j. T. JOHNSON. Lt-Col. Dac T 2s@ con'dr 3Ist Ark. 7azf. VJ DTICE.-Having been detailed ly Gen. Bragg. coIa- " mardus t}e Army of the Mississippi for the purpose collect ing te officers and s5irs belonging O tho "ta Arkausss l,eyiIaent wo absent from sad regiment thefeore al sgA who are not in service in the Inas dissspp District hereby ordered to rSforthVh at Can.ea or iu ny absence, so Capt A. J. Cr5f at Lapi1n Lieut. l. A IuGson at Little Rock, for taa purpose of being their commands All parsons com ing under the order who fail to comply with NIe same will he held and treated as desgrters.
 have orders also to collect clothing and banbe andi'r ,TTl te sane the 6ti Arkansas Regiment, all persons desiring send fuch articles o their friends iii said ra neat cn 7o, by carefully putting them n packages md araing the nisilus name the gae directed io the Of the c3pan of tine company to which they to got the packages bo deposited with Capt Thos C. Poe 4. C. A- at C&Ialea, AIE. Y. R. TBlBBLE. Ljout, Detailed for fine above purposes (y9ts.ier Ts-, lSs2
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,al
 SDsbt by Attachment.

J
 FHHHIS daycoues tho nlantG, by attorney, and on hs H motion t is ordered that this cause be continued nH term and that notice be given to said defendant hy publication of copy Of this order in the True en9ca newspaper printed and published at Little Rock for tvo suocessiYe te last insertion to be s least thirty
 days before the of this court of the pendeG1y this suit which i5 action of debt by attachcnt o Ls sum of one hured and gty six dollars and cevan cents the residue eff ebt Gas sTor th attachment has been issusd aant his esate and that unless he shall appear on or before tue third day Of the of this court te e holden at tiecort house in the town of BrowDS'eo on us first Monday sfter the fourth Monday n March, i9, H answer the plaintiff in the premises judgment VIII pc 's dered agans him. and his estate sold to saty the sane.
 A true copy from the reco.d. - ,,,,,,,r,,, c,,
 Attest. " 51' oC0At'N'i' NtN'->
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STATE OF ARKANSAS, COUNTY OF PRAIRIE
 In thePrairie Circuit Court, September term, 18a2 Sep l tqnber 30th 1862.
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PaoCLANAT1oN.

Itmust be understood that, in his recent proc lamation directing the Mackerel brigade to dine exclusively upon Southern Confedearcies, the General commanding did not intend that such dining should take place without the free con- sent of the aforesaid Confederacies.
 It must not be understood that the order con- corning the coniiscation ofConlederate garments
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coin.naai of zLaj Gen. Meow:

in persuancc cf the above ir trjetion hereby order officers ard soldiers belonging to the 3at hrkansas Re report Sugar Loaf Springs Van BEvoa corntp, Ark. ca the -7th of D,c. 1882
 j. T. JOHNSON, LtCol. Dac 7T 2v# Con. 'ir 3iat Ark. Poet.