| From the Charleston Mercury |
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| August 15, 1864 |
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| Montgomery & West Point Road |
| The Montgomery Advertiser of the 5th says
the work of repairing this road is progressing more rapidly than was
anticipated, and if no interruption occur, it will be completed before
first of September. Planters in this county, and along the line of the
road, were prompt and liberal in the tender of hands to assist in the
work. Help, too, was furnished by other railroad companies, so that a
large force is now engaged in repairing the damages of the Rousseau
raiders. By the last of this week it is expected that the cars will be
running to Loachapoke. The late raids upon the railroads in Georgia
increased the difficulties as to obtaining iron, but a supply will be
secured to re-lay between the breaks. We are glad to learn, too, that
the Confederate Government has taken steps to keep an adequate force
upon the road permanently, to protect it against any future raiding
parties. Rousseau, or any other Yankee commander, who may have the
temerity to venture upon a similar errand, will not get away with a
whole skin. |
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