| From the New Orleans Daily Crescent |
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| January 22, 1861 |
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| Handsomely Done |
| The following correspondence
will explain itself. In consequence of a break on the Mississippi
Central Road, (now repaired) the mails from this city to the North were
several days delayed. They were sent to Mobile and were promptly
forwarded by Col. Fleming, the General Superintendent of the Mobile &
Ohio Railroad, which has recently made a connection with the Memphis &
Charleston road at Corinth in Mississippi: |
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| Postoffice, Mobile, Ala., Jan. 19, 1861 |
| Sir, |
| By boat from New Orleans today
I am in receipt of nine mails, made up at that office for the North and
West, which have been returned and sent by this route, owing to a break
on the New Orleans & Jackson railroad. |
| There are some 200 bags, of a
bulk sufficient to fill a large size box car. |
| The stages between this and
Montgomery cannot possibly take them. |
| I am not authorized to offer
compensation for their carriage on your road. |
| Can you, however, for the
public convenience, make provision for their going forward, trusting to
the justice of the Department for the proper pay. |
| Lloyd Bowess, P. M. |
| L. J. Fleming, Gen. Superintendent M. & O.
R. R. |
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| Office of the M. & O. R. R. Co.Mobile, Jan.
19, 1861 |
| Lloyd Bowess, Esq. Postmaster, Mobile |
| Dear Sir, |
| I am in receipt of your note
of this date, and beg to say that I will have a sufficient number of
cars attached to the train on Monday morning, to carry through any
amount of mail matter you may desire. I will also make special
arrangements for transferring it to the Memphis & Charleston road. |
| Very respectfully, etc. |
| L. J. Fleming |
| Chief Engineer and General Superintendent |
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