| From the Houston Telegraph |
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| March 26, 1861 |
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| Our railroad progress is good.
We have satisfactory assurance from the Congress of the Confederate
States, that all railroad iron that is now contracted for will be
admitted free of duty into our ports. This will be a saving of four or
five hundred thousand dollars to the railroad interests of Texas. |
| The Washington county road is
now completed within five miles of Brenham, and is running regularly
to Chappell Hill. Other roads are pushing along. |
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