| From the Richmond Daily Dispatch |
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| January 18, 1862 |
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| Proclamation from the Governor of Texas |
| Governor Lubbock, of Texas, has issued a
proclamation for bidding the removing, transporting to and storing of
cotton at any point or depot, or any railroad in
the State. Also, that there shall be no cotton taken to or stored on
the Trinity river, below Smithfield; on the Sabine river, below Salem;
on the Neches, below Hunt's Landing; on the Brazos, at or below
Richmond; at or near the rivers Caney and Bernard. Nor shall there be
any taken to Lavaca, Powder Horn, Indianola, Matagorda or Galveston
Bays, or city of Houston. Owners and agents of railroad
companies, captains and agents of steamboats, sailing vessels, and all
other persons, are forbid from transporting cotton to any point
designated. The restriction is not intended to interfere with the
transportation of the staple intended for use in the penitentiary. |
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