Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-12-25

THE Midlothian Coal Mining Company wish Ia hire
for the year 1916 able bodied, healthy, wrll-dspusrd
Negro Mem For such full prices will hr given, and ad
vances made npon The hires If required by The owners
The Company have been liberal, III the expenditure Of
money and labor, put their Mines IN good working
condition, and they are under the supernendance of
skilful Mining Agents
There is service in which slaves better treated,
.rd clothed and attended in sickness, rhjny better
health we'll conducted Hospital under the Of
n careful Steward, and daily attended by three Phy>i
clans j. provided al the Mines; and owners Of slaves
NAV them secured from all medical and surgical
charges by the payment of three dollars each per
M slaves are hired who are unwilling 10 enter the
Companys service, and Is desired that none of bad
character should he offered, The COMPANY using
every effort tn improve the moral character OF their own
slaves and hrelings, which end they have the pre-
| sent wear sold three disorderly men.
Tue slaves have Church Of their nj The Pits,
and divine service ia regularly performed on The sab
hath by white ministers. AT least one half Of those
now in The Companys service are Temperance men, aud
| the of spirltuoIs liquors discounienarcrd
The Company ttc gratifed in being able To any, That
their slaves and hrelines orderly, wellhehaved
and moral, generally. like number of ahnrng
aav where Ia he found There il work III which
slaves better satisfied and conrnted than coal min
ing; and there IL no service IN which they have an
equal chance Of making Nancy for themselves There
Fave been fewer deaths amongst The c"npany's hands
from disease or casualties since lis urganlzltinn some
| Twelve years ago, than will be found in like number
| Of men any where. The Company have in their
pnympn several free culored men, who hire
annually. upon the and conditions slaves
and subject IL the same discipline and have been
| empo, ed for years. They have also in their mines
many white laborers. There has been hut instance
Of any slave IN the Comlanys service bring committed
for felony, md that discharged nj the instance
of the Commonwealth Attorney, Who stated that the
proof did not sustain the charge
! The Company apology for this proliy advertisement
is founded upon The Inprieiy Of freeing The Company
from the inpuiaiion that has for long attached
Incorporated Companies generally. as unwnrthy Of
fihence. and of aiding in placing the coal mining opera
rations in Eastern Virginia in the proper position iiih
ertO al distance from the mines the PITS have bren
regarded a. places ,Vh-re the slaves
ereeaed, and considered as deni Of wee, crime and
crueltlrs
An appeal is made 10 the Of slaves
throughout Virginia. aud they advised, thai what
has hren said the Midlothian Coal Mines and the
treatment If slaves and hirengs there is mainly appli-
cable IL the coal mines of this settinn consisting nf
,ome dozen different establishments, where aners
have ample selection in dsposnr of their slaves,
ard where constant profitable employment may lie
found. From one 10 two hundred hirelines than
are employed may hnd places aud the distribution
nf from $4,000 Ia $40 900 for that number of slaves
amongst their owners, forms item that prnd-
owning unproducive negroes ought not 10 disregard
Communications, in writing upon the subject will
meet with prompt attention, by being directed 10 the
Richmond o., and personal applications may he made
AT the Mines az the Company, in Chesterfield county
thirteen miles above the city, At their C"al Yard. al
Rockets Al the Store Of W. W. Wo, dfdge Esq,
few doors below the Bel Tavern. Richmond.
A. :. Woodbridge, President.
We the under igned being the Physicians referred ic
in The above advertisement take pleasure in stating hal
II contain. a fair statement of facts.
WIN. D. BALL, ~ ID.
j. HANCOCK, ". d.
$. II. ROYALL, 81. d.
We whose names are hereto appended, have FOL
many years hired hands To the Midlothian Company
and believe the facts stated in the foregoing advertise
ment i!se. OGr transactions with the compan,
have always been most satisfactory. The Compan, ;,
sovenoy, and promptitude In fulfilling its engagements
We regard Is unqlestionable.
II. HANCOCK, c,e,,
Jas. McTYRE Vi ehestfne'u.
THOMAS FORSEE
JNO. C. PORTER, o' 70" nd'ai
NICHOLAS MILLS, !
THOMAS COWLES, % n'enmono'
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