3. RICHMOND TO CHARLESTON.
From Richmond to Petersburg is 32 miles on the Richmond and Petersburg railway. The earthworks and fortifications around the latter town, memorials of our recent conflict, are well worth a visit from those who have not already seen too many such curiosities to care for more.
64 miles beyond Petersburg the train reaches Weldon, on the Roanoke river, a few miles within the boundary of North Carolina (Gouch’s Hotel.)
From Weldon to Goldsboro, the next stopping place of importance, is 78 miles, 7.30 hours. It is a place of about 5000 inhabitants, half white and half colored.
Hotels.—Griswold Hotel, Gregory’s Hotel, both $3 per day.
Boarding House by Mrs Tompkins, $2 per day.
The road here intersects the North Carolina, and Atlantic and North Carolina railways, the latter running to Morehead city and Beaufort, on the coast, (95 miles) and the former to Raleigh, the capitol of the State, (48 miles) and interior towns. From Goldsboro to Wilmington is 84 miles.
Hotels.—Purcell House, $4 per day; Fulton House, $3 per day.
Boarding Houses.—McRea House, Brock’s Exchange, about $2 per day, $40.00 per month.
Newspapers.—Post, republican, Journal, democratic.