| From the Augusta Constitutionalist |
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| January 13, 1861 |
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| Special Correspondence |
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Exchange Hotel, Room 37
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Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 10, 1861
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To the Editor of the Constitutionalist
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I left Tallahassee on Monday afternoon, at four o'clock,
by way of Monticello, Fla. {on the Pensacola
& Georgia RR}, in cars, then to Quitman, Ga.,
(twenty-seven miles) by stage coach, then by the {Savannah,
Albany &} Gulf railroad to
Savannah, and then to Montgomery, Ala., by the cars; which latter
place I reached, from Tallahassee, in four hours less than two days.
I was surprised and delighted at the route from Savannah to
Tallahassee. The Gulf railroad passes through the levelest portion of
country I have ever seen, and tangents or straight lines extend in
some cases sixty miles. There are very few, if any, curves in
it, and the running time is very satisfactory. The line of stages is
all that could be desired, and the best of coaches, the drivers, and
large and reliable horses are the only kind used.
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