| From the New Orleans Times Picayune |
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| January 1, 1862 |
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| Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad |
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| The Only Direct Route. |
| Fifty-three miles and Four hours time saved |
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| Travelers going from New
Orleans to Memphis, Humboldt, Clarkesville and Nashville, Tenn., and
Columbus and Bowling Green, Ky., will save Four Hours in Time and
fifty-Three Miles in Distance by buying tickets to Memphis over the
Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad. |
| Also, to points on the
Mississippi river above Memphis or points in Arkansas, on the line of
the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad, for the interior of the State. |
| Mails and Passenger Trains
leave the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad Depot
daily, at 7 A. M. and arrive at Grenada at 1:50 A. M. and at Memphis
at 7 A. M., connecting with trains on the Memphis & Ohio Railroad,
and arriving at Nashville at 11 P. M. the same evening. |
| A Daily Line of Steamboats
leaves the wharf at Memphis for points on the Mississippi river as far
North as Fort Pillow, New Madrid and Columbus, Ky. |
| Through Fare to Memphis,
$14.50. |
| Be sure to ask for Tickets via
the Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad to Memphis. |
| Niles Meriwether |
| Chief Engineer and General Superintendent |
| F. S. Richards, General Traffic Agent |