| State of North Carolina |
| Executive Department |
| Raleigh 26th Dec, 1862 |
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| A. C. Myers |
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| I beg
leave to call your attention to a subject of vital importance to the
people of this State. The vast amt. of Salt belonging to the State of
North Carolina at Saltville, Va., I am afraid is destined to be of
little use to us unless some aid is afforded by your Department.
Nearly the whole locomotive power on the South Side & Tennessee R.
Roads, I am informed, is controlled by the Government. And I am
prevented from sending Engines & Cars from the Roads in this
State, because of the gauge of the several roads is different. Under
this condition of things, I am constrained to request you to give us
some relief: either by furnishing Engines & Cars, or by making an
exchange of some Engines fitted to the gauge of the Virginia Roads,
for Engines in this State which can be turned over to your Agents at
any moment in their place. |
| The
season is far advanced, and the condition of every class of our people
will be truly deplorable, unless salt is brought to them. Independent
of that, the supply for the Army, will be seriously diminished. A
large amount of pork is now waiting for salt, to be packed, and unless
it is received very soon, an immense loss will ensue, which in the end
will be a Serious public calamity. I cannot therefore too earnestly
impress upon you the importance of this matter; and the importance of
prompt action in our behalf. The result will be of immeasurable
benefit to our people and in the end, will be to the Government
itself. |
| {Z. B. Vance |
| Governor of North
Carolina} |
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