Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-07-30
First Monday In hRgast.

WE will Purchase OF Hire, for a term OF five wears.
w Five Hundred or a Tho1sznd Slave Lsburers, 70
work On the southern Pacific Railroad, in ~Texas-imne-
dist5iy vet OF Shreveport, LOgisiana-ln a region Sc
Ioure sRd protected from Invasion OF molestation dorIpa
the c-DGict which shall exist between the TWO sections
OF this country. The county terough wnira the road
passes Is entirely healthy, and FOR the distance OF sone
900 or 500 mile> west Of shreveport, Il peuetrates one
q the finest agricultural countries on the Continent o.
America.
This company has a msrnifceHtIs1 grant from Texas
J.. e O,24O acres for evrry mile O.. road he ceursDy
constructs, for the ctsta-ee o. eieht hundred miles from
oafesepolt on lue e-st-rAs 10 Il PasO Oh The western
boundary OF Texas, Il tlmss ike The presezL. he
company ea3aet ccnEald Cash 10 Ityf tor labor essential
% the rdrd dp7e iopmcrt o. the cUmpanT'5 interests ;
but Tor q term c years, By hire o. oy he actusf mr.
chase. tails company viii make TIRE most EbergI acd ad-
vantageous arrancements win slavg-oEuers IL Ken.
lucky Missouri. VIrgiaia, Maryland, North Carolina.
or elsewhere for tbe hire OF Purchase, with paytD suIF
ia the most u~HdoUbted securities. OF 500 or In>S siaVes.
Fsmihe- entire viii be taken either 5y are or BY pur-
chase. Toe company IS enabled Q pioP0se liberal terms,
because o. the Uuninceut lana gracts Ly Texas and its
sbiity 90 purchase the Iron ard rolling stock for the en-
tire road acFOss Texas, with the construction bonds Of
the Company, at rates almost eqCai &c ~s=a. All thu
rights u This co1pany are fixed ard vested by tne laws
q Tpxss. This company has secured the sympathy. ana
tie route on the 81 decree Or parallel Of latitude hss
ghe s-aHction, OF several OF the most powerful European
egy7ruments-amoug them are France, Spaiu. Port1gsI |
Belgium and SwiizerIsnd-as well as Of large cspit.I
lists, commercial men sud contractors OF these Countries
The late Congress Of tie United States passed A bin a. |
its last session, doaating to this company, through 1rf- |
zcna, New Mexico ard Caiifornia5 S me i3,GO0 GOO acres |
Of Land. and & lon o. tbirty-six millions Of eous-. !.
be repaid IL postal ard other pubic services. This bau /
passed Cs House Of Representatives, vas amended T. |
the Senate, aud only failed 70 become 9 law Toy the vant !
CT time and tAe startling political events familiar y
the nation /
No company in the world has a larger basis for il.
Successful prosecution and no company has strsrte5
and secured 70 Itself the appreciation Of 50 many Amer
lean States and EarOp an g0ysTnmsnt-premising 30
much beHeht to its stockholders and 20 the world sncb
stupend09s results 5TIneing inevitably win its cora
pietton across This c~0ntinSnt, the trade OF China. Japsn-
Australia, and lie whole Pacific coast-distrbutiug fbs
treasures dsrivabls lroE the trade, travel. etc, CT eseb
70 every city from the Gulf Of Mexico 10 the most
harbor On our Atlsntic cosst-giving each IL
dua and natural share-a COMMERCE which a. never
failed b enricn every natiUn On earth that has ever
controlled Il in the PAsT5 aud as It is annually increns
it viii still more enrich those whe shall eortroI il
in the FUTURE.
We want lac labor, to progress with the work, for
most unquestIOnablc securities and fQr il, the most lib
ARRANGEMENTS viii be ma5e win slave owners
giviEs them terms which must, we think Be satls-c
torv-withOut endaurering, BY position, employ ueut az
tsuns of contract the safety q the slaves tbemselvs.
or Gdmitting the siishtast uncertainty Of ultimate uzy-
nent.
All applications will be made to Hon yK, stevsa-
son, President, Nashville, Tennessee; Cot. sauuel
Tate, President Memphis and Charleston Railroad Com
PAW, Memphis; Col. J. B. Mcdaniel, Lynchburg. va;
lF to myself, Memphis.
JEPF4A FOWLKEs,
General and Financial Agent Of southern Pacific ,
mgl4-H RailFVad Company Of Texas