| From the Galveston Tri-Weekly News |
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| March 5, 1861 |
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| The steamer A. S. Ruthven
brought down from Liberty this morning 123 bales of cotton, which came
through from Beaumont, on the Texas & New Orleans Railroad. This
is the first shipment by the above road, and is a new feature in the
trade of our city. |
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