[for the Richmond Dispatch.]
Richmond & Danville Railroad, President's Office,
Richmond, August 2, 1861.
Editors of the Dispatch --Sire !--
In consequence of a complaint noticed in your paper of to-day of ‘"a highly respectable correspondent of Halifax,"’ ‘"that the Danville Railroad charges freight on every box and package contributed for the comfort and aid of the soldiers, and the sick and wounded,"’ and in order to remove a false impression, you are requested to publish the following ‘"General Order"’ of the Railroad: ‘
"Richmond & Danville Railroad, Superintendent's Office, Richmond, July 30, 1861--General Order No. 29--On and after this date, contributions to military hospital stores will be carried without charge.
Wounded soldiers will be passed free on exhibiting a surgeon's certificate the they were wounded in the military service of the Confederate States.
Corpses of soldiers killed in the military service of the Confederate States will be carried free of charge.
Soldiers on furlough will be passed over the road at half rates, but will be required to show their furlough to the ticket agent before a half-rate ticket will be issued to them, and will be entitled to but one trip on each furlough.
Chas. G. Talcott, Sup't. ’
In addition to this order, one was issued (and has been in existence for more than a month) ordering the depot agents of this road to charge the lowest freight rates on ‘"every box and package contributed for the aid and comfort of the soldiers"’ not sick or wounded.
And in addition to this, all freight for the Confederate States is carried at half rates, and soldiers with a proper order of transportation, at two cents per mile.
Articles that are sent for from the country, to be made up for the volunteers, are transported over the road, free of charge, both ways. Editors of the Dispatch --Sire !--
Your ob't servant,
Lewis E. Harvie, Pres't.
Lewis E. Harvie, Pres't.
