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The Daily Dispatch: March 4, 1862., [Electronic resource], Suicide in Henry county, Va. (search)
im that Martial law is hereby extended, over the city of Richmond, and the adjoining and surrounding country to the distance of ten miles, and I do proclaim the suspension of all civil jurisdiction, with the exception of that of the Mayor of the city, and the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus within the said city, and surrounding country to the distance aforesaid. In faith whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, and set my seal at the city of Richmond, on this first day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. [Signed,] Jefferson Davis." II. Brigadier General J. H. Winder, Commanding Department of Henrico, "is charged with the due execution of the foregoing proclamation." He will forthwith establish an efficient military police, and will enforce the following orders: All distillation of spirituous liquors is positively prohibited, and the distilleries will forthwith be closed. The sale of spirituous liquors of any kind is also proh