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The prisoners have been taken away from me on "Habeas Corpus" and are now in jail at Van Buren. I will send in a few days a full official report with copies of the writ and the record of the Court in these cases, which makes my record clear.

         I have heard today of a man answering the description of Spraff (who escaped from me) with handcuffs on, being in the Arkansas Bottom opposite here.  I think I will send out a party tomorrow and search the country for him.   If it is him, it has been ten days since he escaped and he has not succeeded in