| From the Richmond Sentinel |
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| June 9, 1864 |
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| [From the Charlotte Tribune] |
| The Southern Mail and Travel |
| We are pleased in being able
to state that all the preliminary arrangements have been made between
the Postmaster General and the Presidents of the different railroads
from Richmond via Danville, Va. and Charlotte, N. C., for the rapid
transportation of the mails South and West, and like facilities will
be enjoyed by travelers over the Piedmont line. |
| The mails from Richmond
will, hereafter, reach Charlotte within 24 hours, Columbia, S. C.,
within 36 hours, and Augusta, Ga. within 48 hours. |
| The advantages the traveling
public will enjoy by this route will be very great -- time, fatigue
and money will be saved -- and the risk attending a journey over the
swamps and lowlands of the Wilmington and Weldon route will be
obviate. The completion of the connection between Danville and
Greensboro', by railroad, will afford advantages which cannot be
presented in any other direction. |
| The accomplished and efficient
officers directing the affairs of the Charlotte & South Carolina
railroad will, as usual, be up to time with the skillful and
persevering superintendent of the Central road {the
North Carolina RR} -- Major T. J. Sumner -- and the public may
rely upon them for all needed accommodations and facilities, |
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