| From the Raleigh Standard |
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| February 22, 1865 |
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| People Flying From Columbia |
| If there is a busier place than the
Charlotte Depot, we have to search for it beyond the limits of the
Charlotte Depot. The necessities of the hour have, as it were, crowded
the maximum of every man's business into a minimum of time, and
morning, noon and night, the trains are literally besieged. Rural life
has suddenly become fashionable, and the desire for a change of air is
epidemic. Amid the avalanche thus begotten, no little credit is due
the officers of the road for the rapidity, system and promptness with
which they dispatch business; and not less gratitude is due by our
citizens for the spirit of accommodation and courtesy with which their
demands have been met. Hon. Wm. Johnson, the President of the road {Charlotte
& South Carolina RR}, is in the city, making especial
arrangements for those who expect to become refugees; while Messrs
Anderson, Bouknight, Wolfe and assistants act as able coadjutators in
anticipating and providing for the public wants. |
| South Carolinian |
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