| From the New Orleans True Delta |
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| June 5, 1861 |
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| From Pensacola |
| Departure of Troops |
| Thursday last was a lively day with the
Confederate troops in and about Pensacola, consequent upon their
departure for Virginia. The Observer says: ***** |
| The Observer also has the following. It
don't look as though the Pensacolans are in any danger of being "starved
out:" |
| Another Blockade |
| Not a "paper blockade," but a real bona
fide one, caused by the large arrival of goods and the great number
of passenger cars extending along Taragona street, on which the railroad
is situated. Indeed such is the quantity of freight arriving at this
point that the new warehouse belonging to the Florida and Alabama
railroad company Alabama & Florida (of Florida)
RR}, at present in course of construction near the academy, is
already filled with articles of choice value to soldiers and citizens.
Our friends belonging to this company, who have so energetically labored
for years (despite of innumerable obstacles) towards the completion of
the road, are now reaping the rewards of their labors -- proving that
the old proverb is yet a great truth: "Perseverance is a virtue." |
| No Starvation |
| Our merchants for the past few days have
been receiving large quantities of staple articles, such as corn, flour,
hams, &c., by railroad. If old Abe could see the piles of edibles before
the stores of our merchants, he would hardly think the "paper blockade"
was productive of any good towards his favorite project of "starving us
back" into the detestable Union. |
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