NP, RD 3/5/1861

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch
 
March 5, 1861
 
Heavy shipments of corn and Bacon
   The North Alabamian says that the quantity of grain and provisions boated up the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, now lying in ware house and bulk awaiting transportation by railway to South Carolina, Georgia and intermediate points, is unprecedented. Every train going East and South is heavily laden with corn and bacon, and still the supply accumulates at Nashville and Florence faster than it can be taken away. On their return trips, the cars come quite empty, little or no merchandize being received by the way of Charleston.

Home