The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1868-09-12
The Proposed

cess. we shall establish only dIr43t fftinl
routes required by the usiness ofthe coun
: try We shall incur no liabilities beyonc
our means in the treasury; and we hope by
energy, economy, dispatch, and carefu
management, TO be enabled to compete sue.
cessfully with the present consolidated
monopoly, and to furnish the public cheaper
and better facilities of telegraphic commun-
ication. -
The Prospect
is The business of telegraphing is in its
3. infancy. 1t must rapidly increase in the I'm
mediate future and yield still greater re-
. turns. The business of the Southern States
having been suspended during The war will
soon be re-established. Lines of teleoranb
are projected and in process of CONSTRUCTION
10 Europe, Asia, and South America. which
"heh completed, Will at once materially add
~ ~ .ne Ieiegraph business Of the Country
Inc proposed routes of our range are an
nually becoming more and more nonulouz
Oheaper rates and more rapid, certain and
reliable facilities will greatly nonuIa r;,.
the telegraph and insure its Substitution g..
the mails for the purpose of current com
neiclai correspondence. All these consid
erations point to our future as an imnor,
ant one, and plainly show that This ~ ~.
golden opportunity for inaugurating a teIe-
graphic enterprise of the Character ana
magnitude Of the one now proposed.
An EEtaoydinary Adyaatage.
~ On the application of The National
Telegraph Company, Congress at its recent /
session enacted The National Teleerapb
Law, whzoh Is printed herewith. The exist
hg consolidated mouopolNopposed Ee pas
siDDnr OF this law with all ne influence and
: ~ ss; - Of the most yalsisps
franchises eyel-,lhferred upon a Telegraph
company. a
The National Telegram Compare fully
acceptedSs terms Of the Law, July 3Ot6.
1866, by filing their written acceptance with
the Postmaster General of the United States.
Hk6- Subscribers should in all cases trans
nit funds to the Treasurer of this company.
Frederick Prentice, Esq, No. 26 Pine street,
who viii send by return mail receipts for
the same. All other communications should
be directed to George B. Walter, Secretary.
National Telegraph Company, "a Broadway,
New York.
Whenever subscribers desire SO TO do.
they can pay at once thirty-fye per cent on
the full amount of their subscriptions and
receive Certificates of stock issued by the
company; and in all cases were thirty-fve
per cent has been paid in, and the Treas
urer receipts returned, certificates will bo
issued to holders of the receipts, or their
order.
By Your attention is called to the papers
accompanying this, and prompt response
is necessary TO ensure certain participa-
Extract from the United States Statutes &C
large, vol. TO- page 24g, as follows:
An Act to establish certain Post Roads and
for other purposes, approved
March 3, 1853.
Rage 255, sec. 3-And be il further enact
ed that all tho Railroads and parts of Rail-
roads, which arc now or may hereafter be in
operation, be and the same are hereby de-
clared Post Roads
THE NATIONAL TELEGRAPH Law.
IN "A CT TO aid in the construction of Tele-
graph Lines, and TO secure to the Govern
ment the use of the same for Postal Mill
tary, and other purposes
BE Il enacted By The Senate and House Of Rep
resentat'0es Of the United States IF America, M
! Congress assembled, That any Tele graph com.
! pany now organized or which may hereaftei
be organized, under the laws of any State IL
/ this Union, shall have the right 10 construc
maintain, and operate lines % telegraL
! through and over any portion he publ
/ domain of the United States, over and alonjrl
any OF the military or post routes Of the
/ United States which have been or may here
after be declared such by act of Congress,
and over, under, or across the navigable
waters of the UniteAsStatess Provided, That
such lines of telegraph small be so con-
structed and maintained not to obstruct
the navigation of such streams Rd waters,
such military or post roadc u Of
said companies shall have tn yseek aHIl
and use from such public re. 1 wish tceI|1
sary stone, timber, and othesssss. lnfe 14s XII
its posts, piers, stations, and other needfs y
uses in the construction, maintenance, an
operation of said lines of telegraph, an,
may pre-empt and use such portion of the
unoccupied public lands subject to pre-emp-
tion through which its said lines of tele-
graph may be located as may be necessary
| for 1T stations, not exceeding forty acres for
each station; but such stations shall not be
within fifteen miles of each other.
Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That
Geographic communications between the
| several Departments of the Government OF
the United States and their officers and
agents shall, in their transmission over the
lines Of said companies, have priority over
! all other busfaess and shall be sent at rates
to be annually fixed by the Postmaster Gen
eral.
I Sec. 8. And be II further enacted, That the
rights and privileges hereby granted shall
not be transferred by any company acting
under this act to any corporation, associa.
ton, or person: Provided, however, That the
United States may at any time after the ex-
piratiOn of five years from the date Of the
passage of this act, for postal, military, or
other purposes, purchase all the telegraph
lines, property, aud effects of any or all OF
ShAu hpdhlcS At an dppTAiScu fnAucf ~ -.
, ascertained by five competent, disinterested
. persons, two of whom shall be selected by
the Postmaster General of the United States,
! two by the company interested, and one by
: the four previously selected.
, Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
5 before any Telegraph company shall exer-
else any of the powers or privileges confer
red by this act, such company shall file their
written acceptance with the Postmaster Cen
eral of the restrictions and obligations i'm
: posed by this act.
Approved, July oath, 1866.
Stock may now be subscribed in this com
pany a0heir Office in the city of New York,
: or at 208 Main = reet, Lrn;g-'lle,
- - - = sRS, agent
II RESPECTFULLY announce toGhe citi-
zenSof Hickman, and vicinity, and the
towns along the Nashville & Northwestern