| From the Richmond Daily Dispatch |
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| January 24, 1862 |
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| The Southern connection |
| The disaster in Eastern
Kentucky and the apprehension it has excited for the safety of our
connection with the Southwest through the Virginia & Tennessee,
and the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroads — and the possible
interruption of our intercourse with the South via the Wilmington
& Weldon Railroad, by the Burnside Expedition, directs attention
to the vital importance of completing the connection between the
Richmond & Danville and the North Carolina Central Railroads. This
connection, only some 35 or 40 miles long, might be made in a few
weeks. We have the rails we imagine, or
may get enough from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to add to those
we have, to finish the line. It would be a surety against an
interruption of a communication with the South and Southwest, which at
this time is of vital importance. We trust that Congress will promptly
address itself to the consideration of the matter, and that it may
adopt such measures as will effect this work as speedily as possible. |
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