NP, DP 10/1/1861

From the Daily Picayune (New Orleans, La.)
 
October 1, 1861
 
From New Orleans to Houston
   Messrs. Powell, Taylor & Co. have just organized a daily through mail and passenger line between this city and Houston, Texas, which will render the greatest services. The four hundred and thirty-four miles between the two cities will be made in the following manner: From New Orleans to Berwick's Bay, eighty miles, by railroad New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western RR}; thence to New Iberia, seventy miles, by steamboat; thence to Niblett's Bluff, one hundred and forty miles, by a double daily line of four-horse post coaches; from the Bluff to Beaumont, seventy miles, by steamboat, and thence to Houston, eighty-four miles, by railroad {Texas & New Orleans RR}. For any further information, apply at the rotunda of the St. Charles Hotel, up stairs.

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