The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1868-09-19
The ProDosed q

IT. The shareholders in Inn kntios
will be many times more ni1 thai
those of any other telegraph Iipsky, and
will be interested in its business and and
cess. We shall establish only direct ~
routes required by the business of thest5i'n-
try. We shall incur no liabilities beyond
our means in the treasury; and we hope bv
energy, economy, dispatch, and careful
management, to be enabled TO compete sue
cessfully with the present consolidated
monopoly, and to furnish the public cheaper
and better facilities of telegraphic commnn-
ication.
The ProsAeek
Is. The business of telegraphing is In its
infancy. II must rapidly increase in the inn
mediate future and yield still greater re-
turns. The business of the Southern States
having been suspended during the war viii
soon be re-established. Lines Of tele01anl,
are projected and in process of CONSTRUCTION
to Europe, Asia, and South America. which.
when completed, viii at once materially add
TO the telegraph business of the Country
The proposed routes Of orr range are an
nually becoming more and more pornlotis.
Cheaper rates and more rapid, certain and
reliable facilities viii greatly popuIarize
the telegraph and insure its Substitution fo-
the mails for the purpose of current com
mercial correspondence. All these consid-
erations point TO our future as an import-
ant one, and plainly show that this Il the
golden opportunity for inauguratine tele-
graphic enterprise Of the character and
magnitude of the one now proposed.
An Extraordinary Advantage.
10. On the application Of The National
Telegraph Company, Congress at It's recent
session enacted The National Teleoranb
Law, which is printed herewith. The exist
ing consolidated monopoly opposed the pas
sage OF this law with all the influence and
lp0rxar "a eou1l euaEaaaza -
terest prevailed, and we have now " nation-
al recognition of me Importance of our en-
terprIse with grant Of the most valuable
franchises ever conferred upon Telegraph
company.
The National Telegraph Company fully
accepted the terms of the Law, July Both,
loo9, oy ming their written acceptance with
the postmaster General Of the United States
Be- Subscribers should ia all cases trans
init funds to the Treasurer of this company.
Frederick Prentice, Esq, No 20 Pine street
VINO VIII send by return mail receipts for
the same. All other communication sbould
be directed TO George b. Walter, Secretary.
National Telegraph Company, "a Broadway,
New York. -
Whenever subscribers desire so N do
they can pay at once thirty-fve per cent on
the full amount of their subscriptions and
receive certificates of stock issued by the
company; and in all cases were thirtv-fve
per cent has been paid in, and the Treas
urer's receipts returned, certificates will be
issued to holders of the receipts, or their
BsS Your attention is called to the papers
accompanying this, and prompt response
is necessary to ensure a certain partfcipa-
ton in the benefits of this organization.
Extract from the United States Statutes at
large, vol. 10, page 249, as follows:
An ACT 10 establish certain Post Roads and
for other purposes, approved
March 3, 1883 9r
rage 200, sec. 3-And be it further enact
ed, that all the Railroads and parts Of Rail-
roads, winch are now or may hereafter be in
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