Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-08-29
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Wanted by Hire or By Purchase.

yE7E wil Purchase OF Sire, for q term OF I'VE years,
w Five Hundred OF 8 Thousand Slave Laborers, 10
work On the Southeru Psclfc Railroad, in Tezss-imme-
distsy wet OF Shreyeport, L0ulsi6na-in 4 region Sc
cnre and protested frou invasion or molestation during
the c-uhict which sAAl exist between the TWO sections
OF THIS cCuutry. The cuuatry through which the road
passes Is entirely heathg, ard fer the distance OF some
800 or 500 miles west II Shreveport, Il penetrates one
Of tie haest Agricultural countries on The continent Of
America.
This company has a msgnifceatlsnd grant frsm Texas,
4. e, 10 30 acres for evsVy mile % road the company
Constructs, for The dista' e Of eight hundred miles from
Shreveport on the eastern, to FL Paso on the western
boundary OF Texas. IN times like the present The
company cannot command cash TO rsy for labor essential
10 the rapid deTeiopmeHt Of the company's interests )
but for a term O. years, by hire or oy the actual pur-
chase, this company will make the most liberal and adj
VsntageOus arrangements with siave-OEners IN Ken
tucky, Missouri, virginia, Maryisnd, NORTH Carolina.
or elsewhere, for the hire or purchase, with payments
in the most undoUbted securities, Of go or l"S saves.
Families entire will be taken either b. nire or b. pur-
cdese. The company is enabled O Propose liberal terms,
because Of the uunidceut land grants " Texas. and is
ability TO purchase the iron and rolling stock for the en-
tire road scross Texas, with Tie construction bonds o.
the company, at rates almost equal 10 "ash. All the
rights q this company are hxed and vested By toe laws
Of IaLa5. This company has secured the ytspathy, ana
tue route on the s2d degree o. parallel OF latitude has
the sanction, Of several Of the most powerful European
rpvarnmsnts-among them are France, Spain, Portugal
Belgium and switEerlsnd-ss wei as OF large capital
ists, commercial mea and contractors Of these countries.
The late Congress OF The United States passed a bill, At
is last session, donating to this company, through Ari-
Eons, New Mexico ald California, soma ls,C0o 600 acres
OF land, and q loan CT t~hirty-siE millions % collars, &c
be repaid IN postal aud other pubic services. This Dill
passed the House Of Representatives, was amended il
the Senate, and only failed to become Flaw Tor the want
OF time and the startling Political events familiar 70
the nation
No company IN the world has q larger basis for its
Successful prosecution, and no company has attracted
and secured % itself the appreciation Of 70 mSny Amer
lean States and European gJveruments-promising &
much beReft to its stockholders, and 70 the world such
stupendOas r~csults-bringinz inevitably with its euR-
pletion ACROSS his continent, the trade Of China. Japan,
Australia, and TIE whole Pacific Observation-Disclosures the
treasures deriYsble from the trade, travel, ETC., Of each
10 every city IRON the Gulf Of Eezioo 20 the most
northern harbor on eur Atlantic e~oast-givlug each its
dre ard natural shsre-a COEAERCB which as never
failed 20 enrich every nation Oh earth that has ever
controlled Il in The PASTE and ss II Is annually iDcreas-
ing, It Will stih nore enrich those who shall coLtrol it
in the FUTURE
We want the labor, to progress with the work, FOR
most urqVestlonable securities, and for q, the most lib
erAl arrangements viii be made Win slave owners
giving them terms which must, we think, be s~stir.ac
tory-witho1t erdengering, BY position. employ nsut or
terms Of contract the safety q the slaves themselves.
or admitting the slightest uncertainty o. ultimate Pay
ment.
All applications will be made to Hon. Y. Z. Steven
son, President, Nashville, TENNESSEE Col. Samuel
Tate, President Kemphis aud Charleston Railroad Com
pany, Memphis; Col. J. Z. Mcdaniel, Lynehbura va;
or TO myself, Memphis.
JEPTHA FOWLKES,
General and Financial Agent Of Southern Pacific
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