| From the Raleigh Conservative |
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| May 4, 1864 |
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| Stoppage of Private Travel |
| We have been assured by several railroad
officials that the Government had gained nothing whatever, by that
arrestment of private travel which has trammeled the businesses and interfered
with the most serious interests of the community. Not one additional
car load of produce has been received for transportation since the
order was issued, and no more troops are taken aboard than could be
accommodated without the restriction which appropriates the passenger
trains to their use alone. There is, therefore, no excuse for the
continuation of this regulation, which the public has borne so
uncomplainingly, though it has caused many a heartache by stopping
persons whom the sickness or death of some dear and near relative had
summoned to another part of the country. |
| Carolinian, Columbia, S. C. |
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