Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-07-03
/ 0 SLAVES
Wanted by Hire or by Purchase.

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WE viii Purchase or Hire. for a term of Eve years,
w Five Hundred or a ThoGss1d 5lave Lab .rers, tC
work On the SsHtAeru Pacific Railroad, il Texas-imme-
diateiy we { OF shreveport, LOuislana-!r q region Sc
cure and protected fsom invasion or molestation during
the c-nhict which shall exist between the two section
Of this C,untry. The Cguatry through which the road
passes Is entirely healthy, and for the distance OF son q
400 or SOC mix west Of shreveport, It psnetrates one
Of the finest agricultural countries On the continent Of
America.
This company has a msgntfcePtlaud grant frem Texas,
/, e 10 90 acres for eve y mile OF road the company
coastf acts, for the dista- q OF eight hundred miles from
Shreveport on tie cast m, 70 I'll PasO on the western
boundary or Texas. In times like the present Tho
COMPANY cannet command Cash to pay for labor -essential
to the rapid de't topment Of the company's interests (;
but for a term c years. by hire or by the actual pur-
cnase' thls company VIII MAKE tne most uDeral ana au-
yantageous ARRANGEMENTS win siave-owners IN Ken
lucky, Missouri, VITginia, Maryland, North Carolina,
or elsewhere for the hire or purchase, with payments
in the most undOUbted securities Of bG or 1909 slaves.
Families entire will be taken either BY hire or by pur-
chase. The company - enabled 70 propose liberal terms,
because Of the m|uninCeut land grants by Texas. and its
ability to purchase the iron and rolling stock for the en-
tire road across Texas, with the construction bonds Of
the company, at rates almost equal 10 cash. All the
rights Of this company are Axed aud vested By the laws
Of Texss. This company has secured the sympathy. and
tie route on the s24 degree OF parallel Of latitude has
tine sanction, Of several Of the most powerful European
governments-among them ere France, Spain, Portugal,
Belgium aud Switzerlsnd-as wen a. Of large capital
lists, commercial men and contractors Of these countries.
The late Congress Of The United States passed a bill, at
its last session, donating to this company. through Ari-
zons, New Mexico ard California, some Ia, 600 COO acres
Of land, snd a loan Of i~hiTty-six millions Of solIars, 70
be repaid In postal and other public services. This bill
passed he Houte Of Representatives, was amended il
the Senate ana only failed TO become alaw for the want
OF time and the startling political events familiar te
the nation
No company in the world has 4 larger basis for its
success ul prosecution, and no company has attracted
and secured 70 its II the appreciation o. 50 many Amer
lean States and EurOp- an iomisiBg 80
m1rh beReht TO its stockholders. and 10 the world such
stupendo2s results briBging inevitably with its e,nE-
pletiUn across this continent the trade q China. Jspsn
Australia, and tde whole Pacific Oast-distributine ne
treasures derivable from the trade, travel, etc. Of escb
10 every city from the Gulf u Mexico 10 the moss
northern haroor on eur Atlantic cOast-gfvfug each its
due snd natural sbsre-a COMMERCE which IS nfver
failed 10 enrich every nation Oh earth that has ever
controlled It in the PAST; aud rs 1t Is annually iucrees.
ing, Il VIII stlll more enrich those who shall COZ troll IL
in the FUTURE.
we want the labor, 70 progress with the work. for
most UBquesilonable securities, and for it, the most Iib-
ersl arreugements will be made with slave owners
giving them terms which mu t. we think, be salts &C.
~tory-without ondsnRerinC, by position. emplo; Hlent or
terms Of contract the safety n the slaves themselves.
or admitting the slightest uncertainty Of ultimate pay
ment.
Al applications will be made to Hon V. K. Steven
son., President, Nashville, Tennessee; Dol. sarauel
TATE, President Memphis ard Charleston Railroad Cors-
panY, Memphis; Co. J. r. Mcdaniel, Lynchburg, va;
or to myself, Memphis.
JEPTHA FGWLKES,
General and Financial Agent Of Southern Pacific
myl4-I Railroad CyEpany Of Texas.