NP, VC 12/30/1861

From the Vicksburg Citizen
 
December 30, 1861
  
Through and Close Connections to Selma and Montgomery, Alabama and to the North and East
   By the Southern {(of Mississippi)} Rail Road daily to Meridian, thence by Mobile & Ohio Rail Road daily, except Sundays to Lauderdale Station and Scooba. From Scooba, daily, in Four Horse Coaches, via Gainesville, Clinton, Eutaw and Greensboro to Newbern, thence by Alabama & Mississippi Rivers Rail Road, via Uniontown, to Selma, and Stage or Steamboat to Montgomery Alabama, connecting at Eutaw with a tri-weekly line to Tuscaloosa, and at Greensboro with daily lines to Tuscaloosa and to Marion, Alabama.
   From Lauderdale Station tri-weekly, viz.: On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, in Four Horse Coaches via Livingston, Bluffport and Demopolis to Uniontown on the Alabama & Mississippi Rivers Rail Road, and thence as above to Selma and Montgomery. And on Monday Wednesday and Friday in Two Horse Coaches via Livingston, Bluffport and Forkland to Greensboro, Alabama, there connecting with the lines from Scooba.
Prices for through tickets as follows:
Vicksburg to Montgomery - $18.00
Vicksburg to Selma - $15.00
Jackson to Montgomery - $17.00
Jackson to Selma - $14.00
Distances by Rail Road and Stage to Montgomery, viz.:
Vicksburg to Scooba by Rail Road - 183 miles
Scooba to Newbern by Stage - 60 miles
Newbern to Selma by Rail Road - 49 miles
Selma to Montgomery by Stage - 50 miles
Grand Total - 342 Miles
   Travelers, if they prefer, can take the Boat at Selma for Montgomery with the same ticket. From Vicksburg to Selma Thirty-Four Hours, From Vicksburg to Montgomery Forty-Six hours.
Jemison, Ficklin, Powell & Co. Proprietors of Stage Line

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