New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-09
Southern Pacific Esuita.oaeg.
1000 SLAVES
WANTED BY HIRE OR BY PURCHASE.

We will purchase hire for term of five Five Hun
bred Thousand Slave Laborers work the Southern
Pacific Railroad in Texasimmediatey west of Shreveport
La region and protected from invasion or moata
iion from the conflict VIII CHI shall the two sections
of this country The country through which the road passes is
entirely healthy and for the distance of 400 or 300 miles
west of Shreveport IT peneates of the finest agricultural
countries the continent of America.
This company has magnificent land grant from Texas, e.
1910 for mile of road the company constructs for
the distance OF 500 miles from Shreveport the EASTERN to I'll
Paso the western boundary Texas In times like the
sent the company command cash to for labor essen
a to the rapid development Of The companys interests but
Of years, by hire the actual purchase this
pauy will make the liberal and advantageous arrangements
with slaveowners Kentucky Missouri Virginia, Maryland
North Carolina elsewhere, for the hire purchase with
payments in the uudoubted securities Of 800 or 1000 slaves
Families entire will be taken either by hire or by purchase
The enabled liberal terms because OF the
munfcent land grants of Texas and its ability to purchase the
iron and rolling stock for the entire road across Texas with 'he
construction bonds of the company rates almost equal to cash.
AL the rights Of this company fixed and vested by the laws
Texas. This company secured the sympathy and the
the sd degree Of parallel of latitude has the ancon
Of several Of the powerful European Government
amongst them France Span Portugal lsium and swift
erlands well large capitalists commercial men and con
these countries The late Congress Of the United
States passed BILL its last session. donating TO this company
through Arizona New Mexico and California Is O0UOO
land loan of hirtysx millions Of dollars, 10 be
repaid postal and other public services This bill passed the
Representatives amended in tho Senate and only
failed law for the want of time aud the startling
| htcal events familiar to The nation
company in the world has larger basis for its successful
prosecution company has attracted and secured to itself
the appreciation American States and European Gov
ernnentspromn much benefit TO its stoekhold and to
the world stupendous misunderstanding inevitably with its
completion this continent, tho trade of China, JAPAN
Australia and the whole Pacific Coastistrtbutng tue treas
ures the trade travel of each TO city
from Gdlf of Mexico the most northern harbor AZ
lantic giving ench its due and natural sharea COM
MERGE which failed enrich every nation earth
that has ever in the Past and it is annually in
ereasng will still enrich ose who shall control in
the Future
We labor progress the work, for most unqueston
able securities AID for it, the most liberal arrangements will be
with nveownersgivpg them terms which must,
think be satgaGtoryshout endangering, by position,
poyucnt OK Canrac the safety OF the slaves them
selves OF admitting the slightest uncertainty Of ultimate pay
: ment.
All applications will made Hon. V. K. Stevenson Pres
iden Nashville Tenn; Col Samuel Tate, President Mmpht
| and Charleston Railroad Company Memphis Col j. X. Nc
, | Daniel, Lynctburg. Va; Or myself, Memphis.
RI JEPTHA FOWLKES,
General and Financial Agent Southern Pacific Railroad
Company of Texas. my9 2ptf