| From the Mobile Advertiser & Record |
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| May 8, 1864 |
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| From North Carolina |
| The Petersburg Express learns from a
gentleman just from Edenton, North Carolina, that the fall of Plymouth
has greatly rejoiced the people of all that section residing
contiguous to Albemarle Sound. At last accounts, there was not a
Yankee craft in Albemarle Sound, and our people, as loyal as any in
the South, were preparing to embark most extensively in the fishing
business. Our informant states, moreover, that grain and bacon are
abundant in all that section, and can be obtained a prices quite
reasonable. |
| The supplies captured from the enemy at
Plymouth are beginning to arrive in Petersburg. At the Southern depot {this
would indicate the goods were at the South Side RR depot, but the most
direct line from Plymouth would be to the Petersburg RR depot} yesterday,
we noticed 12 bbls and 12 bxs coffee, 22 bxs tea, 12 bxs dried
vegetables, 36 bbls vinegar, 69 bbls beans, 14 bbls sugar, 2 bbls
beef, 171 bbls pork, 7 kegs pickles, and 123 bbls molasses, lately
arrived from Plymouth {very roughly, this would
require about 6 cars to transport}. These articles constitute
only a portion of the stores captured. Flour and bacon and corn, and
other provisions not enumerated, were captured, and will be sent on to
Virginia as swiftly as transportation will allow. |
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