| From the Raleigh Confederate |
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| April 12, 1864 |
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| Interruption of Travel |
| The following extract from the Richmond
correspondence of the Charleston Mercury shows how troublesome
and annoying traveling is at present. We say nothing of the expense --
that is bad enough at home or abroad: |
| "Since the passenger trains was
reduced to one a day, traveling has become a frightful misery and
struggle. Ladies car abolished. Soldiers to be seated first, then
ladies, but not their escorts, and then anybody who can fight his way
in. Trains never connect. At Weldon, yesterday, there were 1500 people
waiting -- the cars, inside and out, platform and top, all crammed,
and hundreds begging and offering bribes to be admitted. At Petersburg
it was nearly as bad." |
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