| From the Houston Telegraph |
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| September 12, 1862 |
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| Headquarters, Mil Sub Dist. of Houston |
| Houston, Sept. 10th, 1862 |
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| Special Order, No. 205 |
| The disease now prevailing at
Sabine Pass being represented by competent physicians to be the yellow
fever, all intercourse with Sabine Pass, with Orange, Beaumont and the
line of the New Orleans & Texas Railroad shall be stopped from
this date, until further orders. |
| Provost Marshals on the line
of railroad are charged with the execution of this order, and will see
that no traveling be allowed by rail or other roads or by water from
Sabine Pass to any other place in Texas. |
| III. The Provost Marshal when
delivering pass ports to parties wishing to visit Sabine Pass shall
warn them that they will not be allowed to return until further orders
from these Head Quarters. |
| IV. The agents and
conductors on the Texas & New Orleans Railroad are hereby strictly
enjoined to refuse admission in the cars to any persons suspected of
coming from the infected region. Any violation of this order shall
render them liable to prosecution before the Military Board. |
| By order of |
| Col. X. B. Debray |
| Comd'g Mil. Sub. Dist of Houston |
| Thos. B. Franklin |
| Lieut. and A. A. A. G. |