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"An important Southern Item."

--Under this heading the Washington Republican chronicles the discovery that "the rebels are constructing a railroad connection between Danville, Va., and Greensboro', N. C.," and says:

‘ It seems that about fifteen miles of the road have been completed, and that the cars are expected to run through — a distance of about forty-five miles--by New Year's, or at furthest by the spring. This is a highly interesting fact, as it opens a new line of communication between Richmond and the Southwest, over the North Carolina Central railroad. But it is not probable that the road will be completed at the earliest day named, so that if Weldon can be seized by our forces any time during the fall or winter the rebel forces will be cut off from supplies by rail beyond the northern boundary of North Carolina, or, in other words, they will be admitted to such lean pickings as can be found in the wasted fields of Eastern and Southern Virginia. By all means let Weldon be seized.

’

The Daily Dispatch: November 20, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. November 20, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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