New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-13
Southern Pacific Railroad.
1000 SLAVES
WANTED BY HIRE OR BY PURCHASE.

We will purchase hire for term of five Five Hun
bred Thousand Slave Laboers, work the Southern
Pacific Railroad Texssmmedate1y west Of Shreveport
region and protected from invasion moesta
which shall between the two sections
this country The country through which the road
entirely healthy and for the distance of 400 500 miles
Shreveport peneaes Of the finest agricultural
on the continent of America.
This company has magnificent land graut from Texas e.
every mile road the company constructs for
the distance of 500 miles from Shreveport the Ell
Paso the western boundary of Texas In times like the
sent company cash pay for labor
ial the rapid development of the companys interests but
Of years by hire by the actuh purchase this
will make the most liberal advantageous arrangements
with saveoners in Kentucky Missouri Virginia, Maryland
North Carolina elsewhere for the hire purchase with
payments in the undoGhd securities OF $50 1000 slaves
Families will taken either by hire by purchase
The company enabled liberal terms because OF the
municcn land Of Texas and its ability to purchase the
iron rolling for the entire road Texas with the
construction bonds of the at equal cash.
All rights company vested by the laws
of Texas This has secured the sympathy and the
the 32d degree of parallel Of latitude has the sancon
of several of the powerful European Governments
them France, SPAIN Portugal Belgium and Swit1
erlaud-a we'll of large capitalists commercial men and
tractors Of these countries The late Congress of the United
States passed bill at its last session. donaug to this
through Arizona New Mexico and California, lU0O
of land and loan of thrysx millions of dollars to be
repaid postal and other public services This bill passed the
House of Representatives amended in the Senate and only
failed become law for the Of time and the startling
litieal events familiar to the nation.
company The world has larger basis for its successful
prosecution company has attracted and secured to itself
the appreciation of many American States and European Gov
nrents-proisng much benefit to its stockholders and to
the world such slupendou esubngng inevitably with its
completion This continent the trade of China Japan,
Australia and the whole Pacific Coastdistributng the
derivabe trade travel of each to every city
the Gd of Mexico the northern harbor AT
anc coas-giyrg each its due and natural sharea COM
MERGE which has failed to enrich nation earth
has controlled in the Past and it is annually in
creasing will still enrich who shall control il
| the Future.
We labor progress the work, for most unquestion
able securities and for it, The most liberal arrangements will BIT
with slave. ownes-gving them which must,
think satisfacorywithou endangering, by position,
poymen of contract the safety of the slaves them
selves admitting the slightest uncertainty of ultimate pay
ment
applications will be made Hon. " X. Stevenson Pres
deu Nashville Tenn. Col Samuel Tate President Memphi
and Charleston Railroad Company Memphis; Col j. R. Nc
Daniel, Lynchburg, Va; or to myself Memphis.
JEPTHA FOWLKES,
General Financial Agent Southern Pacific Railroa
Company of Texas. my9 2ptf