| From the Western Democrat (Charlotte,
N.C.) |
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| March 24, 1863 |
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| The Mails |
| The North Carolina papers
state that the schedule of the mail train over the Central Road has
been changed, so that the cars now leave Raleigh for the South at 1:20
a. m. We presume this will bring the Northern mail to Columbia at 5 a.
m., instead of 5 p. m., as at present. The change will be of great
advantage to the printers |
| Columbia Carolinian |
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| The Carolinian is entirely
mistaken. The new arrangement instead of an advantage is a decided
disadvantage. It throws the Northern mail behind about ten hours. For
instance, the Richmond and Petersburg papers which we got here at 7
o'clock on the morning of the day after they were printed, now reach
us at 6 o'clock in the evening, 11 hours later than formerly. The time
occupied in running from Raleigh to Charlotte is 16 hours! and
sometimes the train arrives without bringing any mail for this place.
We had no mail from Raleigh or north of that city from Friday evening
till Sunday evening. |
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