The Hickman courier., 1868-05-09
The Proposed Chanqe.

II The shareholders in this organization
viii be many times more numerous than
those of any other telegraph company, and
win be Interested in its business and sue
cess. We shall establish only direct trunk
routes required by the business of the coun-
try. We shall incur no liabilities beyond
our means in the treasury; and we hope by
energy, economy, dispatch, and careful
management, TO be enabled 70. compete sue
cessfully with the present consolidated
monopoly, aud to furnish the public cheaper
and better facilities Of telegraphic coinlnun-
ieatiou.
The Prospect
Is The business of teiegraphing is in its
infancy. II must rapidly increas> in the i'm
mediate future and yield still greater re-
turns. The business of the Southern States
having been suspended during the war viii
soon be re-es;ablisbed. Lines of telegraph
are projected and in process of construction
To Europe, Asia and South America, which,
! when completed. VIII Al once materially add
/ to the telegraph business OF the country
+ The proposed routes Of orr range are an
nually Becoming more ara more populous.
I Cheaper rates and more rapid, certain and
reliable tacilities willH eatly popu larize
the telegraph and insurrfts substitution for
the mails for the purpose of current COM
merci0l CORES spondenee- All these consId-
/ erations point to our future as an import
ant one, and plainly show that this IS the
golden opportunity for inaugurating tele-
graphic enterprise of the character and
magnitude of the one now proposed.
IN Extraordinary -Adp~logs.
! 10 On the application Of The National
Telegraph Company, Congress at its recent
! se ssion enacted The National Telegraph
Law, which is printed herewith. Tho exist
/, ing consolidated monopoly opposed the pas
Nsa.s Of this law with all the influence and
Il could eospnand bat the public in
ID. apd y e -assSs s,.,ss n m tom
= --snis1of the Import Gnce OF our en-
So'Ise wit grant of the most valuable
caf$hises e,vs conferred upon Telegraph
coipany.
!. fbe National Telegraph Company fully
:. accepted the terms of the Law, July 30tii,
! 1855 by filing their written acceptance with
fhe Postmaster General of the United States.
4 Bfs~ Subscribers should in - cases trans
nit funds to the Treasurer Of this company
Frederick Prentice ESQ, No. % Pine street,
who VIII send by return mail receipts for
the sang. All other comm unications should
he directed to George B. Walter, Secretary
National Telegraph Company, 64 Broadway
New York
Whenever subscribers desire so to do,
they can pay at ouce ID s ave per cent on
the full amount Of, their subscriptions and
i receive certifcatesSof stock issued by the
company; and in all cases were thirty-6ve
per cent has been paid in. and the Treas
urer's receipts returned, certificates viii be
issued TO holders Of the receipts, Or iheig
order
B7S~ Your attention is called to the papers
accompanying this, and prompt response
Is necessary to ensure certain partieipa-
ton in the benefits of this organization.
Extract from the United States Statutes nj
large, vol 10, page 249, as follows:
An Act TO establish certain Post Roads and
for other purposes, approved
March 3, 1853.
Page 255, see. 8-And be it further enact