Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-05-19
WHISKY.
Railroad COnAPARy.
1000 SLAVES
Wanted by Hire or by Purchase.


WE will Purchase or Hire. for q term c Eve years
w Five Hundred or Thousand Slave Lab1rers to
work the Southern Pacihc Railroad, in 1sxas-imms
diatsly wet Of shreveport, Louisiana-in region
cure and protected from invasion moeaation during
the csnhic which shall exist between the two sections
Of this oountry The country thrsugh wheh The road
passes entirely healthy and for distance Of SOM
400 500 mile west OF khrevep0rt, it ptnetrates
Of the anes Agricultural countries on tht cont snt Of
America.
This company hasa magnificent laud grast from Texzs
l. e. $40 acres for every mile 81 road the company
constructs for the distance Of eght hundred miles from
Shreveport the eastern, 70 81 Paso % the western
boundary Of Texas. Ia tmea like the present the
company cannot command cash pay for labor essential
10 the rapid development Of the coupanys interests
but for term Of years By hirs BY tie actual pur
chase, this eompEny win make the most liberal and ad
vantaFeous ARRANGEMENTS VITA slave-oFners in Ken
tucky, Missouri virginia, Maryland, North Carolina
or elsewhere. for the hire or pnreh4se win payments
IN the und0ubted securities Of 500 or 1902 slaves
Famiie entire viii Be taken either By hire or BY puT
chase. The company is enabled to propose liberal terms
because Of the unhoent land grants by Texas and it,
ability to purchase the iron and rolling stock for the
tire road across Texas with the construction bonds OF
the e8Inpsuy, a. rates almost egusi 70 cash. All the
rights Of this company dxsd and vested By the laws
% Tsxas %his coPany has secured Tie synpaihys and
the r1ute the s2a degree Of parallel Of latitude has
the saHctcn Of several Of The most powerful Europesn
sovernmeuts-amO them are France, Spain, Portugal
Belgium and swiizerandas vel as ef large capital
is, souercia and contractors Of these countries
The late CaugTezs Of the United States passed bill, at
its session, donsiug 70 this company, rouFh Ari-
y.ur New Mexico azd California sone Is 900 600 acres
be repaid pasta and ether puhlis ssrviceS This bill
passed the Houie II REPRESENTATIVES vas amendsd in
ha Senate sud only failed to beesme alaw or the want
time and the startling political events familiar 70
the nation
No sompany in the world has larger basis for its
sucssssu prosecution, and company has attracted
secured 70 itself the appreciation Of 30 many Amer
ican States and European nments-promising 50
ues beEeh 70 its stoskhoders and to tie worle such
stupendous results-brinEiut inevitably with It's
pietion this cs8tnent the trade o. China Jsp7n
Australia and the whole Pacifc cosstdsfributng the
treasurss derivabs from the trade travel etc. Of each
10 every city from She Gulf of Mexico 10 the most
northern harb0r sn our Atlantc eoasgiyig each lis
dHe and natural thaTe-a tOHMEkCE which as never
failed T. snriet every nation earth that has ever
con.rsled il IN the PAST; aud il is annually increas
Ing, a. viii sill more enrich those Ehs shall tral it
in the FUTURE.
We want the labor to prcEress with the work for
most unquestionahe sscuritet and for IT, tbs lib
araF arrangements viii Be made With slave owners
giving then terms Ehch mu't think. be sat sias-
toryuithout eudanreIins, ~ posltou smpoT next or
terms OF ccatract toe safety ef The slaves themselves
admitting lhe aghieH uncertainty ot ultimate pay
ment
An spplicstons will be made 70 Hoo " K 5teven-
son, President, HarhViIle Tsnnefsse; Col. ssrsue
Tais, President Memphis ard ChaTiesan Railroad Com
relY, Aemphlfj Col J. a. MrDanis LynchburE, Val
or to myself, Memphis,
JEPrHA FaWIKEs,
General and financial AGENT Of s1uthern Pacific
mYf4-n Ratifoad CVrpany 1f Texas.