| From the Raleigh Register |
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| July 25, 1863 |
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| The regular mail train for Wilmington {on
the Wilmington & Weldon RR},
passed just 30 minutes before the arrived of the raiders, and thus
made a narrow escape from capture. |
| The train on the Tarboro Branch of the
Wilmington Road was not so fortunate. It was captured by the raiders,
and two car loads of ammunition, and over 30,000 pounds of bacon, were
destroyed. They also attempted to destroy the cars and locomotive. We
understand they only partially succeeded in this latter part of their
undertaking. |
| The train from Weldon, which reached here
yesterday afternoon, brought no intelligence later than the above.
Travel and telegraphic communication between Weldon and Wilmington are
now interrupted, and we can find no one who is able to inform us when
it will be resumed. |
| A military force sufficiently large to
prevent repetition of the destruction effected Monday, is now at hand
on the Road, but unfortunately they are just in time to be too late.
The damage has been done. |
| Later |
| We learn by telegraph from Weldon, that
the bridge destroyed by the raiders, spanned Tar River but a short
distance from Rocky Mount. It is a most substantial structure, some
300 yards in length. The track for a distance of a mile or two, was
torn up, and other damage effected, which it will require a week or
more to repair. |
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