Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-08-14
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC
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Railroad
O SLAVES
Wanted by Hire or by Purchase.

WE viii Purchase or Hire, for term Of ave years,
w Five Hundred OF E Thousand slave Laborers1 70
work Gu the Southern Pacific Railroad, In Texas-Ene-
distelv wet Of Shreveport, Louisiana-ln a region Sc
cure and protected from invasion or molestatlon duIlAs
the csnhict which shall exist between the Two seSt-oA.
~ iris ccuntrv. The country through whic8 the roae
D.ssss IA sntireIv healthy, and for the distance Of some
400 or 500 miles west Of Shreveport X peneuates Ole
OF the finest agricultural countries On the continent q
America
T.. e, 10 240 acres for every mile OF road me company
constructs for the dista- -eof eleht hIrtrea mlles rom
Shreveport on the eastsrn, 10 ri Feso on me Hes1L
BOUNDARY OF Texas. In times IKE me preset 'e
company cannot command cash 70 F-y Tor labor essellal
10 the rapid Development o. The compsnys mieIrSsi
INIT for a term o. years, BY hire o. y the actual p1L-
| chase, this company viii make the most liberal anu AL
v.Dtsgsous arraugement3 with slzve-0wuers n Ken
lucky, Missouri, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina
! or elsewhere. for the hire or purchase, with payments
in the most undoubted securities, Of 5CJ or l"JO saves
Families entire viii be taken either oy ARE or oy pui-
/ chase. The company is enabled c propose liberal terma,
! because OF the munihcent land grants By Texas, ana Us
/ ability to purchase the iron Bnd rolling stock for the en-
tire road Acrods Texas, with the construction bonds q
the company, a. rates almost equal ~ lash. AL the
rights q this company are Fixed aud vested By toe laws
Of TaIaR. This company has secured tle sympathy, ana
the route on the 52d degree OF parallel Of latitude hss
the s~aEction, OF several OF the most powerful European
governusDts-smcug them are Fraucs, Spain. Portugal,
Belgium and Switzerand-as well IS OF large caDitBl
lists, ommsrclal meS and contractors OF these cJEntries.
| The late Congress Of IRE United States passed 8 Bile ar
It's last session, donating 60 this company, through Arr
/ IONA. Kew Mexico ard California, some 1900 0OG acre5
Of land. and a loan q t~birty-siX millions OF collars, 70
/ be REPAID IN postal ana 0LQcE E4D4E ttEHlleas LLl1 llAL
passed the HoUse Of Representatives was amended IN
me SCAate, and only failed 20 become siaw for the want
OF time and the startling political events familiar %
the nation
No company in the world has a larger basis for its
successful prosecution, and 10 company has attracted
and secured % itself the appreciation OF so many Amer
lean States and EaropFan goveTnments-prOmisug 30
much beRedt to its stoCkhO'Gers, and 20 t5a world such
stupendoas r~csults-5rinEIEs inevitably with Its GOA
plptIon across this continent the tra1e o. China. Japan,
Australia. and tie whole Pacific Oast-distributiDg the
treasures d~erivaole from the trade, travel, etc, OF each
to every city from the Gulf o. Mexico 70 the most
northern hzrbor on our Atsntic cOast-giving each is
dua and natural shzre-s which as never
failed to enrich every nation On earth that has ever
controlled it in .he PAST; and Is II IS annually increa5-
ing. 1t Will still more enrich those who shall control il
in the FUTURE.
We want the labor, 20 progress with the work. for
mos: un0uestionable securities, and fgr II, the most lib
ersi arrangements viii be made WIZ slave owners
giving them terms which must, We think, be satis@
tory-without eDdaneerins, BY position. employment or
terms q contract the safety e the slaves themselves
or admitting the slightest uncertainty Of ultimste pay
meut.
All applications will be made 20 Hon '. K. Steven
son. President, Nashville, Tennessee; Col Samue
Tate, President Memphis and Charleston Railrosd Com
pany, Memphis; Co. J. q. Mcdaniel, Lynchburg, Va.
or 70 myself, Memphis.
JEPTHA FOWLKE5,
General and Financial Agent q Southern Pacific
pvf4-tf Railroad Cvmuauy % Tazas