| From the Savannah Morning News |
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| April 1, 1861 |
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| The Main Trunk through to Thomasville |
| We clip the following
paragraphs from the Thomasville Wire Grass Reporter, of Saturday
{March 30}: |
| The Railroad Has Come |
| We take pleasure in announcing
that the contractor is now laying the iron of the Atlantic & Gulf
Railroad within the corporate limits of Thomasville. The cars are
expected to make regular trips from this place to Savannah early in next
month. |
| The First Shipment of Cotton by the Main
Trunk |
| On Thursday last there was
shipped the first cotton on this road from our town. The cotton was made
by our old friend Kindred Braswell, Esq., sixty-four bales in number
{2-3 car loads}, and purchased by Messrs.
Seward & McBain, consigned to Boston & Villalough, of Savannah. ***** |