| From the Charlotte Whig |
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| July 11, 1864 |
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| The Transportation of Mails, our Army, etc. |
| We copy from the Danville Register,
of the 8th inst., the annexed editorial in reference to Gen. Lee's
army, the {Richmond &} Danville Road
and the transportation of the mails: |
| "The people are now
called upon to aid in getting supplies to our noble army under General
Lee by furnishing wagons and teams to haul meat and corn across the
gap made in the Richmond & Danville Railroad by the Yankee
cavalry. The road will not be completely repaired for several weeks to
come, and in the meantime food must be carried to the soldiers. They,
for the present, have an ample supply, but not enough to last through
the campaign. The Government has not the teams at a convenient
distance, and it will behoove the people to render the desired
assistance or the worst consequences may ensure. |
| It is not supposed that these
teams will be needed more than a few weeks, at most. The Engineer
Department of the army is now assisting in repairing the railroad, and
the work will no doubt be pushed forward with all possible dispatch.
The iron to relay the track is being taken from the Statesville, N. C.
railroad. |
| No arrangement has yet been
made to transport the mails across the breach in the Danville
railroad. The raiders left the road on the 26th of June, and coaches
might easily have been put on the line in a day or two afterwards, to
transport the mails between Meherrin and Roanoke, yet nearly three
weeks have elapsed and no steps have been taken to secure this object.
We do now hear, indeed, that the Postmaster General promises to attend
to this matter in the course of a week or two! Thus the Capital city
and the Army of General Lee are cut off from all mail communication
with the South, because, forsooth, the Postmaster does not think it a
matter of sufficient importance to demand his prompt attention. A day
or two after the road was cut, the Southern express Company, a
corporation that has some life in it, put wagons upon the line to span
the gap and have been regularly carrying packages of all sorts through
ever since. If the people and not long ago voted the Post Department,
under the present management, as a public nuisance, and as something
out of which no good can come, they would be disposed to murmur at
this utter lack of energy and attention to the public interest; but as
it is, they expect nothing more. We need look for nothing better for
the present." |
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