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here by river from above and below. The rich bottoms of the Holston, 

 Frencli Broad, Clinch and Tennessee rivers are in tins way made tributary 

 to us. Building materials are low here, as we have shown elsewhere. 

 There were over five hundred houses built in Knoxville in the years 

 1 807-8. The prospects are that as many more will be built here in this 

 year of 18G9. 



East Tennessee has a population of about 350,000. It has many fine 

 agricultural districts, but it is sparsely ])0i)ulated compared with most of 

 the States, The towns are few and small. The county towns are, in many 

 counties, veiy small villages. We want more people. Our farms are too 

 large, and we have too many acres lying uncultivated. The great want of 

 East Tennessee is active, enterprising labor. Men of capital or energy can 

 find inviting fields in almost every department of labor or trade. This need 

 is keenly appreciated, and every man who comes here to live among us will 

 find a people ready to welcome him and encourage him in all his under- 

 takings. 



Travelers wishing to go to interior counties, can find transportation at 

 almost all of the railroad or river stations at reasonable rates. 



Cheap Passenger Kates. 

 All persons who deshe traveling South for the purpose of prospecting 

 for homes or investments, can procure " Excursion Tickets or Certificates " 

 at the rate of two cents i->er inile, which will be good until July Is/', 1869. 

 We have no doubt but that arrangements will be made to continue thq sale 

 of such tickets during the year. The above tickets or certificates can be 

 purchased at the office of the General Eastern Agent of the Grreat South- 

 ern Mail Route, at 229 Broadway, New York, or at 



Portland, Maine— W. D. Little & Co., 49.V, Exchange Street. 

 Portsmouth, N. H.— Wm. M. Thayer, Union Ticket Office, corner of 



Daniel and IMarket Streets. 

 Montpelier, Vt.— T. R. Ti-ue, Union Ticket Agent. 

 Boston, Mass.— W. B. Clark, 74, Washington Street. 

 Springfield, Mass. — James Wells, Ticket Agent, Hartford and New 



Haven Depot. 

 Hartford, Conn. — Parsons & Jacobs, 13, Central Bow. 

 New Haven, Conn. — Lester & Webb, 201, Chajiel Street. 

 Providence, R. I. — C. K. Lewis, Union Ticket Office No. 1. 

 New York— J, M. Huntington, 229, Broadway; C. E. Evans, 1S7, 



Greenwich Street. 

 Buffalo, N. Y.— J. A. Burch, G. T. A. Buffalo and Erie Railroad. 

 Philadelphia— N. Van Horn, 811, Chestnut Street; H. W. Gwinner, 



General Ticket Agent Pennsylvania Central Railroad. 

 Harrisburg — J. J. Clyde, G. T. A. Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. 

 Pittsburgh— S. F. Sciill, G. T. A. Pan Hnndle Railroad; J. R. Myers, 



■G. T. A. Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad. 

 Baltimore — L. M. Cole, Gen. Ticket Ag't]>altimore and Ohio Railroad; 



W. E. Gaskings, 174, West Baltimore Street. 

 Washington, D. C. — A Kerr, 374, Pennsylvania Avenue. 



