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• *« * 11 rumiu'ii .i it lit Hiii u» uiru «oiiii-trv !—As com panics an* organized, lot I tli' i*iii report to uii* h telegraph, from tin* | noaaet station, nml bo active in orgaui* i zing. Pay is allowed from tin* moment they take up tin* lino of mnrcli. The 1 State also needs laborers as well as sol-fliers— our positions haw to he fortified. At least live hundred able bodied negro men are wanted. Out of the thousands | in the valley of flio Tenuooe t hoy must bo supplied. The State will pay twelve dollars a month for them. Let each slaveholder in that region of tin* Statu be j ready to Furnish slaves in proportion to j his ability, at any point where their ser-I vices are required by the military author niv. Let there bo no holding haekt— safety and »ucc«»hk is in speedy notion— danger and defeat in delay.
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The Avoyelles Pelican

Marksville, Louisiana, US

Sat, Dec 14, 1861

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