NP, MT 12/3/1863

From the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph
 
December 3, 1863
 
Macon & Brunswick Railroad
   Some days ago our community was startled with a confirmation that orders had come from the War Department to tear up the rails from the Macon & Brunswick Railroad. The ????? that an agent of the department had already arrived with the orders. We are now, however, happy to say that these orders have all been revoked ?????
   The ??? of the War Department will ??? ??? of the ??? ??? and gratification to ??? the Macon & Brunswick Railroad is one of the most important tributaries ??? ??? and subsistence of Macon and the whole surrounding country finding a market here. It transports large supplies of grain and provisions, and furnishes the largest part of the food ??? by the people for household and institutional purposes, and by one or more of the other Roads leading from the town. Its suspension at that time would have occasioned no little inconvenience and distress.

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