John M. Johnson to Beriah Magoffin
1861-08-22
- Date of Creation
- August 22, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Telegram
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG5-213
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-019-0130
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208384
Citation
John M. Johnson to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-08-22, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-019-0130 (February 8, 2026).
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
No. 1.] TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON WHICH MESSAGES ARE RECEIVED BY THIS COMPANY FOR TRANSMISSION.
The public are notified that, in order to guard against mistakes in the transmission of messages, every message of importance ought to be repeated, by being sent back from the station at which it is to be received, to the station from which it is originally sent. Half the usual price for transmission will be charged for repeating the message; and while this Company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to ensure correctness, it will not be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of repeated messages, beyond an amount exceeding five hundred times the amount paid for sending the message; nor will it be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission of unrepeated messages from whatever cause they may arise, nor for delays arising from interruptions in the working its Telegraphs, nor for any mistake or omission of any other Company, over whose lines a message is to be sent to reach the place of destination. All messages will hereafter be received by this Company for transmission, subject to the above conditions.
A. STAGER, Gen. Sup't, Cleveland, Ohio.
I. R. ELWOOD, Sec'y, Rochester, N.Y.
Paducha
To Gov B Magoffin
By Telegraph, from 01
Kentucky was invaded Yesterday by on thousand (1000) Horsemen & Several Citizans arrested this Morning the Conestoga came here & Seized the Steamer W B Terry owned in part in this City & Engaged in legitimate commerce What Must we do the community Much Excited 44