Daily Richmond Whig

RAILROAD COMMUNICATIONS.

The railroad connections in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, are being rapidly completed. Opportunity is now afforded to travel Northward by rail, direct from Morehead City, North Carolina via Newbern, Goldsboro, Raleigh, Greensboro, and Charlotte, to Blackstock, a station on the line of the South Carolina and Charlotte railroad, a short distance south of Chester. From City Point travellers can go direct to Greensboro by way of Petersburg, Burkesville Junction and Danville. The Military authorities have expressed their intention to refrain as much as possible from any interference or connection with the running of the roads. For the present the line from Morehead City to Raleigh will be under military control, for the reason that its use is required to supply the army in the interior of North Carolina. From Raleigh to Charlotte the road has been placed in possession of the company, which has commenced running its trains regularly, charging passengers at the rate of five cents per mile. Trains also run regularly from Charlotte southward to Blackstock, beyond which point the road is not yet in running order, having been destroyed by order of General Sherman when his troops were in the neighborhood of Columbia. The line from Danville to Greensboro is in the hands of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, who are running the trains regularly. This road was built by the Confederate Government, with rails taken from unfinished roads in the State of North Carolina, that State having refused to grant a charter to build the road on private account, since it interfered materially with the interests of the State which owns two-thirds of the North Carolina Railroad via Raleigh, and cannot compete with this line, which is a far more desirable route. There is no doubt but that this road will be broken up as soon as the State Government assumes control, unless it goes into the ownership of the State. It is very desirable and important that this road should be continued, and we hope some steps will be taken to prevent its removal.