New-York tribune., 1868-08-25
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r,rts have foreign commerce OF S'VV'OJ0'Ooo
lH'9N d,or,nons domestic trade. beside "I,0H "0
anu -, immense internal commerce oi the Umpire,
h"'' 80, from these points, through us can"S anu
,la bepg laid, this Company propose erect
Lines. and establishing speedy ana uuSV-
i"e means of communication, when must COn'-
tbere as everywhere else, the communications
"a. CovsDment. Of business, and Of social me- eS
"s.uy N China She has no postal system anu
.eo,ly means now Of communicating information Is
=, ,ourisr on land and by steamers ON water
,rL, western World knows that China Is very
,.,,e country. in the main densely peoplea; Dus
f.g yet realize that she contains more than 'nn"
attbe buInan race. The latest returns made 10 heI
CENTRAL authorities for taxing purposes by Ihe loc"
magistrates make her population -Four H"haFoo a''
eoyr,,er Millions. and this is more likely TO be unuei
chan over the actual aggregate. Nearly all OF IheSe
bo re over ten years old not only can but DO Ie"u
.,d write Her civilization is peculiar, but her HJeI
80. is ~ extensive as that OF Europe. China Is
land Of teachers and traders and the latter are
,sedipplv ouick to avail themselves of every prot
,d facility for procuring early information IL Is
,barved in California that the Chinese make great
o- Of the telegraph though il there transmits mes
,ag,s i'm English alone. To-day, great numbers OF
s4et steamers are owned by Chinese merchants ana
used by them exclusively for the transmission OF
s,rlv intelligence Ii the telegraph we propose con
uectng al their great seapOrts were now III exist
oce IT, is believed that its business would pay It's cost
rtbin the first two years OF its successful operation
and won steadily increase thereafter.
Noenterprise commends itself as in greater degree
rm1ncratve to capitalists, and to our whole people
Id is of a vast national Importance commercially po-
bdcany, and evangelically
Shares Of this Company, to a limited number. may
s obtained at $50 each SO payable down. SO on the
t Of November, and IS payable in monthly INSTALL
ments q e. 80 each, commencing December !. 1865,
On application TO
Messrs. BOOXsrAvER THAYER & SLoSsoN, No. 10
Wall-st. New-YOrk.
Tm NATIONAL BANK COMMONWEALTH. NeW-l ork'
Messrs DRExEL & Co., Philadelphia.
Nessrs. j. L. BROwNELL IL Co., New-YorB.
Nessrs. JAY COOKE a Co.. Washington, D. c.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Washington, D. c.
Nessrs. c. D. HEAD and T. H. PERKINS, Boston.
Hessrs LEE HIGGINsON 4, Co., Boston.
The MERCHANTS NATIONAL BASK, Syracuse, y. y,
The SYRACUSE CITY BANK, Syracuse, n. Y.
Nesus CHAs. F. CHASE q Co.. Baltimore Nd.
Nessrs DONAuoE, KELLY q Co., San Francisco
Cal
" r. HrGBY, esq. PeQuonnock National Bank,
Bridgeport, Conn.
H. H. ORMsBEE Manufacturers Ins. Company,
Providence, X. /.
W H. MORSE, American Express Company, Schen-
ectady. n. y.
Aad at the Office Of the Company,
Nos % and D Nassau-st., New-York.
rrKvrLANp AND PIIIsBURGH RAILROAD COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED, SINKING FUND,
MORTGAGE BONDS.
PAYABLE NOVEMBER I, 1900
Interest at the rate Of seven per cent payable at
the Office Of the Farmers Loan and Trust Company
on the ist Of May and lst Of November.
The undersigned now offer $2OQOOO Of the above
described bonds carrying interest from the lst Of
Nay last. L. G. ROLsTON BRs,
No. 2G Exchange-plage.